Government
Jun. 10, 2015
Fiscal impact of newly eliminated bail requirement for traffic violations yet unknown
Unpaid traffic tickets has contributed to the $10 billion gap in courts' coffers from uncollected fines and fees.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The fiscal impact of the Judicial Council's unanimous vote Monday to allow defendants
to appear at trial to contest a traffic violation without first posting bail won't
be known until fall, the council said.
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye called for the emergency expedited vote three
weeks ago to ...
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