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Committee advances bill clarifying 'speed-trap' calculations and requiring auditors to flag possible abuses
Summary
House Bill 1304 expands the state's speed-trap law to include cities of the first class, defines revenue for the 30% threshold so ancillary expenditures are excluded, and requires auditors to check for potential noncompliance; the committee passed the bill after sponsor and Legislative Audit testimony and clarifying questions.
Senator Raiford presented House Bill 1304 to the committee as a three-part fix to ambiguities in the state's "speed-trap" law. "It expands the scope of the speed trap law to include cities of the first class," he said, and told members the bill also clarifies how the 30% revenue threshold should be calculated by excluding ancillary municipal expenditures.
Kevin White, assistant legal counsel with Legislative Audit, said auditors had previously…
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