The state Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills Tuesday that would eliminate Philadelphia’s Traffic Court. The move comes just five days after nine current and former judges of the court were charged by federal prosecutors with ticket-fixing.
One bill, which would not require a constitutional amendment, would establish a traffic division within the Philadelphia Municipal Court. Traffic Court judges, including any elected by voters this year and the two judges who are still sitting and who have not been charged criminally, would be phased out under this legislation.
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