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Subcommittee advances bill to cap municipal revenue from fines at 10%
Summary
HB 140 would bar municipalities from retaining more than 10% of their budgets from criminal and civil fines and, for any excess, remits the remainder to the state; the subcommittee advanced the bill after extensive testimony for and against.
The State and Local Government Subcommittee voted to advance HB 140, legislation that would cap the portion of a municipality's budget derived from criminal and civil fines at 10 percent and direct any excess to the state.
Representative Gullett, the bill's sponsor, told the committee the measure aims to stop municipalities from funding government operations primarily with fines and citations. “No city, no municipality can raise more than 10% of their entire city budget or through, criminal and civil fines,” he said. Gullett said the cap was modeled on a recent Alabama reform and argued that excessive reliance on fines can amount to a backdoor…
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