California Bans Contingent Fee Parking Tickets

A DG public service post....

New California law attempts to address the conflict of for-profit adjudication in parking tickets.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) earlier this month signed a new law prohibiting cities and counties from making guilty verdict bonus payments to the for-profit companies that provide parking ticket adjudication services. State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) said that he introduced this legislation to restore some fairness in the ticketing process.

"There is a conflict of interest when a parking enforcement company hired by a city acts as the judge, jury, and executioner when distributing violations," DeVore said in a statement Thursday. "If a company profits from distributing a greater number of parking infractions, there is no incentive to act justly by allowing for a fair appeals process."

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our state (WA) comes up with all kinds of creative ways to get in our pockets...needs a lesson from the Terminator

A DG public service post.... New California law attempts to address the conflict of for-profit adjudication in parking tickets. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) earlier this month signed a new law prohibiting cities and counties from making guilty verdict bonus payments to the for-profit companies that provide parking ticket adjudication services. State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) said that he introduced this legislation to restore some fairness in the ticketing process. "There is a conflict of interest when a parking enforcement company hired by a city acts as the judge, jury, and executioner when distributing violations," DeVore said in a statement Thursday. "If a company profits from distributing a greater number of parking infractions, there is no incentive to act justly by allowing for a fair appeals process." :biggthumpup: our state (WA) comes up with all kinds of creative ways to get in our pockets...needs a lesson from the Terminator