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Municipal Court through the court costs, the fines going
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to the State and costs coming indirectly, to the City. So,
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there are many areas of revenues that we would be for-
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feiting.
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THE CHAIRMAN: You would be forfeiting quite
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a bundle in the Traffic Court, wouldn't you? It's well
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over a million dollars.
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MR. BENTON: That is correct, but there would
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be--
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THE CHAIRMAN: You get $4 for every case,
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whether a fine is levied or not, don't you? What sense
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does that make?
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MR. BENIGN: We receive the fine resulting from
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the violation of a municipal ordinance, such as parking
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violations.
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THE CHAIRMAN: You get all of that.
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MR. BENTON: We get all of that. He get all
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costs. I think costs, now it depends on whether you mail
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your ticket in or not; I think it's fifty cents, if I
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remember correctly, and then the fines as a result of
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moving violations now go to the State.
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