House votes to raise traffic fines $15 for almost all infractions

Published May 6, 2010 at 7:54 p.m.

TOPEKA — It will cost Kansans $15 more to violate traffic laws under a bill approved today by the state House of Representatives.

Senate Substitute for House Bill No. 2226 will bump up fines for dozens of infractions ranging from moving violations such as speeding and improper turns, to equipment violations such as defective mufflers and unauthorized lights on church buses.

Slightly less than two-thirds of the money will go to the state general fund.

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