State: Ohio Legislature banned local governmental entities form using speed and other traffic enforcement cameras
The legislation: HB 64 (2015 | OH). & HB 410 (2018 | OH)
The aftermath of HB 64 (2015 | OH) & HB 410 (2018 | OH):
- lawsuits.
- A lower court issued a permanent injunction
- The State Supreme Court said, the injunction interfered with the Legislatures ability to pass laws
- state penalized cities that garnered revenue from the traffic enforcement cameras
- Toledo budgeted $1.8 million in revenue from traffic enforcement cameras
- The legislature kept passing legislation to fine tune the prohibition on traffic enforcement cameras
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