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In 2018, the City of Regina received a total of $2.25 million from photo radar tickets, but said it did not track how much of this specifically came from school zones.

Despite the revenue generated by photo radar tickets, SGI emphasized that the purpose of this program is not to make money, but to reduce the number of people speeding. Ultimately, SGI would like to see no speeding tickets issued.

If it’s a ticket handed to you by an officer

If you are handed a speeding ticket by a police officer, where the money goes depends on where the ticket is issued.

There are around 120 municipalities in Saskatchewan entitled to receive speeding ticket revenue. For a speeding ticket issued in one of these municipalities, 25 per cent of the revenue goes to the province and 75 per cent goes to the municipality, minus an administration fee charged by SGI.

For speeding tickets issued outside these municipalities, the province receives all of the ticket money.

What becomes of the province’s speeding ticket revenue

The speeding ticket money taken in by the Government of Saskatchewan is split between the General Revenue Fund and a Victims’ Fund. The amount contributed to the Victims’ Fund depends on the amount of the speeding ticket, ranging from $40 contributed from a ticket of $99 or less to 40 per cent of the fine for any ticket above $500.

Of all the speeding ticket revenue generated across the province each year, an average of 25 per cent goes to the province’s Victims’ Fund, 43 per cent to the General Revenue Fund and 32 per cent to the municipalities, according to the Ministry of Justice.

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