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Bill would allow Class 1, 2 and 3 municipalities to contract with sheriffs for traffic enforcement, add fees
Summary
A bill discussed at the meeting would let Class 1, 2 and 3 municipalities enter agreements with county sheriffs for traffic enforcement and authorize additional fees; the sponsor said the change would be optional and a Senate amendment would restrict fee proceeds to law-enforcement uses. No final vote appears in the transcript.
A bill before the meeting would authorize Class 1, 2 and 3 municipalities to enter agreements with county sheriffs for traffic enforcement and would allow municipalities to collect additional related fees, the bill’s sponsor said.
The sponsor described the measure as optional and said municipalities would not be required to use the authority. The sponsor also said a Senate amendment adopted earlier narrows how any newly collected fees may be used: fees “may only be extended for law enforcement purposes,” the sponsor said, paraphrasing the amendment’s restriction. The sponsor apologized for not having the engrossed version of the bill available during the discussion.
“This is a fairly, fairly simple bill,” the sponsor said. “It’s not mandatory. They don’t have to.”
A motion to consider the bill was seconded during the meeting, but the transcript does not record a final vote, a bill number, or further committee action. The sponsor said the amendment previously adopted in the Senate is intended to ensure that fees collected under the bill are applied to law-enforcement work in municipalities.
Because the transcript does not show a recorded vote or the bill identifier, the next steps — including whether the committee advanced the measure, scheduled a vote, or set amendments in committee — were not specified in the provided record.
