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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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BACOLOD City – A higher monetary penalty will discourage jaywalking.
This is the idea behind the proposed ordinance raising the fine to P500 from only P100.
Sponsored by Councilor Caesar Distrito, chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod committee on laws, ordinances and good government, the proposal has hurdled first reading.
Currently the Comprehensive Traffic Management and Regulation Ordinance (City Ordinance No. 338, series of 2003) provides for a P100 fine and a one-day community service for jaywalkers.
Imprisonment of not more than three days may be imposed on violators who fail to comply with the two other penalties.
Distrito’s ordinance does not seek to amend the provisions on community service and imprisonment.
But it does seek a “trust fund,” which shall be generated from 50 percent of the fines paid by jaywalkers.
The fund shall be allocated for traffic management and transportation planning of the city government.
Under the measure, the trust fund shall be used only for the purchase of traffic signage and early warning devices; and equipment, vehicle or gears needed for traffic management and to be used by traffic enforcers./PN
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