At least they’re doing it right this time
In 2002, Tennesseans voted on an amendment to remove the $50 limit on fines not assessed by juries. It was defeated. I voted against it because it had no limit (in other words, they could start charging $10K for violating a sign ordinance or something). At least the new version sets a limit, that limit is $500.
That’s all I wanted the first time. No restriction would likely lead to abuse.
May 12th, 2004 at 11:47 am
This would be very cool. My neighborhood association is doing a pilot code enforcement project to protect property values in the city of Memphis, and we’ve been finding that the $50 fine doesn’t have enough teeth to get people to comply with code. All we want to be able to do is charge higher fines to repeat offenders (first-time offenders get a warning and an order to comply as it is), and certainly nothing super-high.