Senate to consider retroactive traffic measures
Tomorrow?s session of the Senate looks to be a busy one with a number of financial statements being announced and two public bills being read.
The Auxiliary Bicycle Amendment Act and Motor Car Amendment Act will both go before the Senate tomorrow for their first reading.
The amendment acts were passed during Friday?s session of the House of Assembly. The acts are retroactive and ensure that people with outstanding traffic fines will not be able to re-license their vehicles.
Bermudians owe an estimated $1.4 million in unpaid traffic fines and Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown said the amendments are necessary.
?Unpaid traffic fines are contempt of court and show reluctance to take responsibility for your actions,? Dr. Brown said in Parliament. ?This will hit at the heart of those who refuse to obey the law.?
The Senate will also be presented with a number of financial statements and annual reports.
The 2002 actuarial review of the Contributory Pension Fund and 2002 financial statement of Government Employment Health Insurance will be announced. The 2003 financial statements of the Confiscated Assets Fund and 2004 financial statement of the Government Borrowing Scheme will also be presented.
Three reports will also be examined by the Senate including the 2003 Consumer Affairs annual report and the 2005 annual report of the Bermuda Hospital Board.
