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Holyoke committee tables plan to divert handicap-parking fines to disabilities commission
Summary
The Finance Committee discussed a state-authorized option to deposit handicap-parking fine revenue into a separate account for the Commission on Disabilities, heard revenue estimates and concerns about scope, and voted to table the matter to June 24 for more information.
Holyoke City Finance Committee members on Tuesday discussed a request from the Commission on Disabilities to accept the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 22G so that funds from handicap-parking fines could be deposited in an independent account for the commission, but the committee voted to table the matter until June 24 for further information.
The discussion centered on how much money the city currently collects from handicap-parking violations and whether adoption of the state statute would require depositing “all funds” from such fines into a separate commission account. Lynn Horan, chair of the Commission on Disabilities, told the committee the city’s tax collector reported roughly 850 handicap-parking tickets in the five-year…
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