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41B District Court budget approved; judge flags state Supreme Court review of fines collection
Summary
Mount Clemens officials approved the 41B District Court’s 2019 budget after Chief Judge Carrie Fuka explained revenue-recovery efforts including an October ticket-amnesty program and tax garnishments; she warned the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments that day about the constitutionality of court collection practices.
Chief Judge Carrie Fuka asked the Mount Clemens council to adopt the proposed 41B District Court 2019 budget and described steps the court has taken to recover outstanding fines and costs.
“We ran that for the entire basically, the entire month of October,” Fuka said of a ticket-amnesty program intended to clear very old warrants and bring in additional money. She also said the court uses tax garnishments to collect outstanding fines…
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