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Senate hearing examines bill to license traffic‑camera companies, impose fees for first‑responder PTSD fund
Summary
Senator Patton told the Senate General Government Committee that SB213 would create a per‑camera license ($100,000), require monthly calibration by the Department of Public Safety (~$5,000/month per camera) and levy an 8% fee on revenues to fund a PTSD program for first responders; members pressed feasibility and data gaps, and no vote was taken.
Senator Patton urged the Senate General Government Committee to create a new licensure and fee structure for traffic‑camera companies, saying the state lacks a reliable count of devices and that an estimated $67,600,000 in camera revenue has flowed through the system.
Patton told the committee that "they believe that these traffic cameras have collected $67,600,000," and argued roughly 40% of gross receipts currently leave Ohio. He said SB213 would "create a licensure for traffic camera dealers with a per camera fee of $100,000 paid to the Department of Commerce," require monthly calibration by the Department of Public Safety (Patton cited a $5,000 monthly…
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