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An Act To Provide a Ten Percent Discount to Persons Charged with a Traffic Infraction Who Pay Fines by Waiver
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §2601, sub-§11  is enacted to read:
 
11.  Traffic summonses; fine reduced.     For a person who has received a Violation Summons and Complaint for a traffic infraction, if the person files with the violations bureau a written answer that does not contest the traffic infraction, the fine is reduced by 10%.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that if a person files a written answer to the judicial branch's violations bureau that does not contest a traffic infraction, the fine is reduced by 10%.