Abolish the proposal that traffic police deduct 70% of fines for traffic violations

The Government removed the content "Traffic police forces are deducted 70% of fines for violations" in the latest draft of the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety.

In Clause 1, Article 5 of the draft Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety submitted to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on March 15, the drafting agency proposed regulations on traffic police forces (GTCS) being allowed to cite space. less than 70% of fines for administrative violations of road traffic order and safety after being paid into the state budget and not less than 30% of proceeds from license plate auctions after being paid to the bank central book.

However, the latest draft law prepared for comments at the full-time session of National Assembly deputies (March 26-27) no longer has this content. Article 5 of the draft only states the mobilization and use of resources to ensure road traffic order and safety; ensure budget, facilities, modern means and equipment, conditions to ensure and improve the capacity to perform tasks of forces directly ensuring road traffic order and safety.

Traffic police on duty at Highway 51, section through Ba Ria - Vung Tau province

At the 31st session of the National Assembly Standing Committee in mid-March, Chairman of the Legal Committee Hoang Thanh Tung wondered if this was new content, but the Government had not yet had an impact assessment report, especially the impact on State budget, compatibility with relevant laws. This content is also inconsistent with the provisions of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, as the current law stipulates that money collected from administrative sanctions must be paid in full to the state budget and must be managed and used. according to state budget regulations.

Agreeing that investing in forces to ensure road traffic order and safety is necessary, the Chairman of the Law Committee said that the use of money from fines needs to be clarified, clear and consistent. best. "We have many areas where administrative violations are sanctioned, why does each of these areas require a percentage deduction while other areas do not," Mr. Tung said, asking the drafting agency to consider.

Regarding the proposal that the traffic police be allowed to deduct 30% of the money collected from license plate auctions after being paid into the central budget, Mr. Tung also commented that it is not in accordance with the Law on Management and Use of Public Assets. Vehicle license plates are public property, the proceeds from the auction must be paid into a temporary account at the state treasury; After deducting costs related to asset disposal, the remaining amount must be paid in full to the state budget.

In the report receiving explanations sent to the 31st session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, the National Defense and Security Committee also requested the Government to report to clarify the above proposals.

The draft Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety was first commented on by the National Assembly at the 6th session at the end of 2023. It is expected that the bill will be considered and approved at the mid-session of this year.