IF YOU GOT A TICKET UNDER ALBUQUERQUE'S NOW-ENDED RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO PAY UP. AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SAYS THE STATE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THE CITY TO COLLECT ON UNPAID TICKETS … AND GREG WHEELER SAYS THAT TRUMPS THE STATE LAW THAT BARS LEGAL ACTION ON 4 YEAR OLD CLAIMS.
THE PROGRAM WAS DISMANTLED OVER A YEAR AGO AFTER VOTERS DECIDED IT SHOULD BE ENDED. REDFLEX TRAFFIC SYSTEM, THE ARIZONA-BASED COMPANY THAT RAN THE CITY'S RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM, HAS HIRED ANOTHER COMPANY TO COLLECT ON UNPAID FINES.
JUDGE ALAN MALOTT ASSERTED IN A RECENT NEWSPAPER COLUMN THAT THE FOUR YEAR LIMIT ON COLLECTIONS EFFORTS APPLIES TO A 2006 CITATION HE WAS ISSUED.
