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September 30 of such license year. No refund shall be made after September 30 of such year. (c) Upon satisfaction that a person is entitled ro receive a refund, the coramissioner of the revenue shall certify the correct refund amount to the city treasurer who shall mall such amount to the person entitled to the refund. Sec. 22-88. Operation of vehicle without decal or sticker. (a) It shall be unlawfixl for any person to operate, or any owner to permit to be operated, in the city any vehicle upon which a license fee is levied by this article without first procuring for such vehicle the decal or sticker required by this article. (b) The finding of any vehicle on any of the streets, alleys, lanes or public places of the city without a proper decal or sticker attached thereto shall be pr'nna facie evidence that without such vehicle was operated in the city by the owner thereof. (c) Any owner/operator of a motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer from another locality shall be required to display on his/her vehicle a valid local decal or sticker issued by the locality that is a party to a compact with the city for the regional enforcement of local motor vehicle license requirements; provided that the owner/operator is required by the jurisdiction of situs to obtain and display such a license. (d) If a motor vehicle is being operated in the city unlawfully as provided in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this section, then it shall be the duty of any police officer who observes the violation to issue to the operator a Virginia Uniform Summons for the violation. It shall be the duty of police officers or uniformed employees of the police department whose normal duties include parking enforcement, to attach to an unoccupied vehicle not displaying a decal or sticker, a notice of violation of this section. Such summons, or notice shall instruct the owner to report to the city treasurer or the police records office of the police department to pay the penalty or state objection to and intent to contest the notice of violation. Each owner may, within fourteen days of the time when the summons was issued, or when the notice was attached to such vehicle, pay to the city treasurer or police records office a penalty in the sum of $50.00. Upon receipt of intention to contest, the designated personnel at the police records office of the police department shall certify the notice of violation on an appropriate form to the issuing officer who shall proceed to have the summons issued by the magistrate. (e) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor, and each day's continuance of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. Any person desiring to pay the fine prior to the date set for a court heating, as indicated on the notice or violation of summons issued for such violation, shall be required to provide proof that a current city decal or sticker, as required by this article, has been purchased.