State Highway 264
Cave Springs, population 1,103 (2000 census). City ordinance 2006-22, Imprudent driving, 100% of ticket revenue into city coffers. Ticket revenue $134,492.25 Jan/Jun 2008 (expenses $405,714.54 same period.
Arkansas Code 12-8-402(1): "Abusing police power means the exercise of police power to enforce criminal and traffic laws for the principal purpose of raising revenue and not for the purpose of public safety".
Arkansas code 12-8-403(B)(1) limits city revenues from traffic fines to 30% of city expenditures. Cave Springs exceeds 30%.
Per Benton County Prosecutor Van Stone, these facts "…do not provide sufficient grounds to request an investigation…".
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