HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-20 - Assembly Bill 1543 - Fines & ForfeituresRESOLUTION NO. 85 -20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILL NO.
1543 (ROBINSON) REGARDING AN INCREASE IN
PERCENTAGE OF FINES R FORFEITURES TO BE
RETAINED BY THE COUNTY OF ORANGE
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WHEREAS, under existing law, the County of Orange
presently retains Fifteen Percent (15 %) of the fines and
forfeitures paid to Municipal courts by persons cited for
violating Municipal parking ordinances; and
WHEREAS, municipalities perform almost all of the work
related to the issuance and processing of Municipal Parking
Citations; and
WHEREAS, the work performed by Municipal courts in
conjunction with the collection of fines and forfeitures
constitutes less than Fifteen Percent (15 %) of all work required
to issue, process and collect the fines and forfeitures paid as a
result of Municipal parking citations; and
WHEREAS, AB 1543, which proposes a Five Percent (5 %) in
the percentage of fines and forfeitures to be retained by the
County of Orange, is not warranted by the work performed by the
courts in collecting parking fines and forfeitures and not an
appropriate method of funding construction of courts and related
facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach is opposed to AB 1543 which proposes a
Five Percent (5 %) increase in the funds the County of Orange is
entitled to retain as a result of fines and forfeitures derived
from Municipal parking citations; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that existing law, which
entitles the County to retain Fifteen Percent (15 %) of the fines
and forfeitures derived from Municipal parking citations, more
than fully compensates the County for the costs of services
performed by the courts in* collecting the fines and forfeitures.
ADOPTED this 25th day of March , 1985.
ATTES :
Ci -ty Clerk
RSP /Oppose