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(1) An assessment of a civil penalty by the commission as provided in this <br />article is final and binding and constitutes prima facie evidence of the <br />penalty in any court of competent jurisdiction in a civil suit brought by <br />the City for final judgment as provided elsewhere herein. <br />(2) To enforce any civil penalty as assessed hereunder, the City Clerk <br />shall file with the district clerk of Lamar County a certified copy of <br />the commission's order establishing the amount and duration of the <br />civil penalty. No other proof is required for a district court to enter <br />final judgment on said penalty. <br />Section 7-50. Judicial review. <br />(a) Any owner, lienholder, or mortgagee of record jointly or severally <br />aggrieved by any order or decision of the commission may present a <br />petition to a district court, duly verified, setting forth that the order or <br />decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of <br />the illegality. The petition must be presented to the court within 30 <br />calendar days after the date a copy of the final order or decision of the <br />commission is personally delivered or mailed by first class mail, <br />certified return receipt requested, to all persons to whom notice is <br />required to be sent by this article. <br />(b) On presentation of the petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari <br />directed to the commission to review the decision of the commission <br />and shall prescribe in the writ the time, which may not be less than 10 <br />days, within which a return on the writ must be made and served on <br />the relator or the relator's attorney. <br />(c) The commission may not be required to return the original papers <br />acted on by it. It is sufficient far the commission to return certified or <br />sworn copies of the papers or parts of the papers as may be called for <br />by the writ. <br />(d) The return must concisely set forth other facts as may be pertinent and <br />material to show the grounds for the decision appealed from and shall <br />be verified. <br />(e) The allowance of the writ does not stay proceedings on the decision <br />appealed from. <br />(f) The district court's review shall be limited to a hearing under the <br />substantial evidence rule. The court may reverse or affirm, in whole <br />or in part, or may modify the decision brought up for review. <br />Page 12 of 23 <br />