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Article: Speed-camera contractor paid per citation; Montgomery County seen 'exploiting a loophole' in law.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2008
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Byline: Tom LoBianco, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
ANNAPOLIS - A state lawmaker says Montgomery County is "exploiting a loophole" in state law designed to keep speed-camera operators from profiting off the number of speeding tickets issued.
"Some of our residents are starting to get the sense [speed cameras] are a cash cow, and we need to do everything in reason to assure them that is not the case," said Delegate Saqib Ali, Montgomery Democrat.
State lawmakers in 2006 granted Montgomery County the authority to place speed cameras - which photograph motorists violating the posted speed limit - throughout the county and to issue citations that carry $40 ...