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Red-light camera company out of Indiana
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • June 1, 2010

Buzz up!Twitter FarkIt Type Size A A A HAMMOND - A red-light camera enforcement company has given up its efforts to get a state law that would authorize its services.

Redflex Traffic Systems Inc has canceled its registration to lobby the General Assembly.
The Arizona-based company worked to pass a state law after former Attorney General Steve Carter issued a 2008 opinion saying red-light violations broke state law, not local ordinances.
Carter's opinion effectively struck down a Hammond ordinance that allowed cameras to be used in issuing red-light tickets, like parking tickets, rather than moving violations.

The cities of Hammond, Gary, Lafayette and West Lafayette asked state legislators to pass a law enabling red-light cameras. One bill managed to clear the Senate but not the House.

Critics argued that cities would use the cameras as a tool to boost revenue.

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