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Panel backs higher fines, vehicle forfeiture for illegal street racing; sponsors cite rising fatalities
Summary
Representative Beverly Chester Burton said House Bill 465 raises fines for illegal street racing, allows vehicle forfeiture on repeat offenses and directs forfeiture proceeds to crime victims' compensation.
Representative Beverly Chester Burton presented House Bill 465 to address illegal street racing, which she said has become a significant problem in Jefferson County and elsewhere.
"What this bill simply does really is change the fines where it goes from 200 to a thousand. And then the second offense where it raises the fine up to 2,000. But the difference with the second offense is that the car would be forfeited to the state for crushing or auction if and the money would…
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