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re: The Advocate: Speeding fines is a lot of small Louisiana towns' bread and butter
Posted on 3/9/19 at 9:42 pm to SPEEDY
Posted on 3/9/19 at 9:42 pm to SPEEDY
Some states curtailed this by passing a law that capped the percentage of a municipality's revenue that could be from fines like this.
It was pretty awesome when some town that was building a bunch of new shite got totally screwed since it had a bunch of loans already taken out.
It was pretty awesome when some town that was building a bunch of new shite got totally screwed since it had a bunch of loans already taken out.
This post was edited on 3/9/19 at 9:43 pm
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Posted on 3/9/19 at 9:48 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Some states curtailed this by passing a law that capped the percentage of a municipality's revenue that could be from fines like this.
A few legislators in Louisiana have tried the same thing, but their bill wouldn’t gain any traction.
This post was edited on 3/9/19 at 9:57 pm
Posted on 3/9/19 at 10:00 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Some states curtailed this by passing a law that capped the percentage of a municipality's revenue that could be from fines like this.
It was pretty awesome when some town that was building a bunch of new shite got totally screwed since it had a bunch of loans already taken out.
LA passed same, but it's quirky from what I recall. I believe the new law provided that if a small town like most of those on the graphic have speed zones < 50 mph then only a certain percentage of annual revenue can come from tickets. So most of em bumped it up to 50 of course. Seems assinine but perhaps there was a touch more to it but dont think so.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 11:11 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Some states curtailed this by passing a law that capped the percentage of a municipality's revenue that could be from fines like this
I think Louisiana used to have a law like this...then it inexplicably disappeared.
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