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Committee adopts amendment and advances bill limiting cities’ use of fines and forfeitures
Summary
Lawmakers amended and approved HB 140 to phase in caps on the share of municipal budgets that can come from fines, fees and forfeiture proceeds, stepping the cap down to 15% by 2030 and creating an escheat provision for excess funds to the state general fund.
The House Governmental Affairs Committee adopted an amendment and voted to advance House Bill 140, a measure intended to curb municipal reliance on citation revenue.
Representative Gullit, the bill’s author, described HB 140 as the “End Taxation by Citation Act,” arguing cities should not balance budgets through excessive ticketing or civil forfeiture. The original concept proposed a 10% cap; the committee considered and approved a committee substitute and additional amendment that phases the allowable share down over several years.
The amendment read into the…
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