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Section 4-26. Issuance of complaint. If the alleged violator does not appear at the respective district court as designated by the complaint and summons, or pay the fine assigned to the particulaz violation prior to the court appeazance date, a bench wan•ant for the azrest of the alleged violator will be issued. Section 4-27. Violation-penalty. (a) The owner of a dog which has become a stray or any other person convicted of a violation of this article shall be punished for the offense as follows: (1) A fine of $50 if the offense did not occur within two yeazs of the occurrence of a previous offense under this article; (2) A fine of $100 if the offense occurred within two years of the occurrence of one previous offense under this article; or (3) A fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, if the offense occurred within two yeazs of the occurrence of two or more previous offenses under this article or if the person convicted has a previous conviction under section 4-30 involving the same dog. (b) For the purpose of this section: (1) An offense shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of the summons or citation identifying the offense; and (2) A person who commits an offense within two yeazs of the occurrence of a previous offense shall be subject to the escalating fine of subsection (a), even if the dogs involved in the offenses differed. Section 4-28. Disposition of fines and forfeitures. All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any section or provision of this azticle shall be paid into the County treasury and deposited in the general fund of the County. Article 5. Regulation of Dangerous Dogs. Section 4-29. Definitions. Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning cleazly appears from the context: "Animal" means any "animals," "farm animals," or "poultry" as those terms are defined in section 4-5. "Attack" means aggressive physical contact with a person or animal initiated by the dog which may include, but is not limited to, the dog jumping on, leaping at, or biting a person or animal. "Bodily injury" means the same as that term is defined in section 707-700, Hawaii Revised Statutes. "County animal control service" means the animal control services provider contracted by the County to keep stray or unlicensed dogs. 8