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Black Hawk County supervisors discuss county traffic ordinances to keep more citation revenue
Summary
Supervisors debated whether the county can create and enforce county-level traffic ordinances on county roads to retain a larger share of fines now routed under state code. Deputies and staff raised enforcement, legal limits tied to state fine schedules and the need to research other counties’ approaches before any ordinance drafting.
A county supervisor pressed fellow supervisors and county staff on whether Black Hawk County could adopt its own traffic ordinances for county roads and thereby keep a larger share of fine revenue currently governed by state statute.
The discussion, which occupied a substantial portion of the meeting, explored practical and legal questions: whether county ordinances could be applied inside city limits or only on county roads, whether state fine schedules…
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