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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2021 - 2022 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted:	March 10, 2021 09:26 AM
From:	Senator Daniel Laughlin
To:	All Senate members
Subject:	Ban the Boot

I’ve lived in and around a city my entire life and one thing that bothers me is giving the parking authorities the ability to put a boot on a vehicle. I don’t believe it is in the best interest of our citizens to allow an authority to hold their private property hostage without due process in court. How can we continue to punish people to that extreme for parking on a street that they have already paid for with their hard-earned tax dollars? Not only that, but this effects our under-privileged population exponentially. I’ve seen fines in excess of $1500.00 to remove the boot and that simply needs to stop. Surely our local and state legislators can work together to find a path for people to pay off their fines without taking away their means to get to work, school or the grocery store. Please join me in supporting this commonsense piece of legislation.

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