"As the county continues to build out our e-government program, we are delighted to deliver this ability to TPVA to make the agency more convenient to the public," said IT Commissioner Robert Checca. "Working with our local software development firm, Neulion, we are confident that as this service becomes better known and more popular, we will see substantial traffic on the county website by residents wanting to take advantage of it."
More than 220,000 of the approximately 350,000 outstanding parking tickets issued between 1995 and 2002 will be eligible for an amnesty under the "Last Chance to Pay" program, which will allow the defendant to pay 50% of the total amount due within 30 days of receiving letters that are set to go out the week of February 15th. Among the consequences for those delinquent ticket holders who do not comply will be having their registration renewal rights blocked by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and having their cars will be put on a tow list.
"Our hope and our plan is that by making TPVA an easier place to do business, we will bring the agency and our customers to a place where we don't have to do the parts of our job that are less pleasant, but unfortunately, necessary," TPVA Executive Director Patricia Reilly said.
Quelle: Government Technology, 15.02.2005
