Whereas municipalities lose a significant amount of non-tax revenue annually because of unpaid bylaw fines; And whereas non-tax revenue sources such as a bylaw fines help offset costs to municipal services and reduce the property tax burden on residents; And whereas the current methods available to municipalities for the collection of bylaw fines are slow, expensive and labour intensive; And whereas the collection of bylaw fines with the cooperation of the Province and the Insurance Corporation of BC will ensure prompt payment of any unpaid bylaw fines: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Province and the Insurance Corporation of BC collect outstanding traffic related bylaw fines on behalf of municipalities at the time of auto insurance andor drivers licence renewal.
Ministry of Attorney General The provincial government has no plans to use ICBC to collect municipal by-law fines at this time.