# cell phone tickets in WNY

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**Created:** [August 5, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cell-phone-tickets-in-wny/52702 "2008-08-05T06:50:38Z")
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### Author: ![greenbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@greenbull](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/greenbull)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cell-phone-tickets-in-wny/52702/35 "2008-08-05T14:23:57Z")

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> [@Paulo](#):
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> Yeah bing they don’t put dollar amounts on them because in NYS, if someone goes to court, pleads Not Guilty and has the prosecutor reduce the ticket (moving violations) to a parking ticket, then the money goes to the town, and not the state. So you are given a court date to appear to have it reduced instead of getting points.

this does not happen anymore. NYS instated the mandatory surcharges to make sure they were getting their cut.

surcharge went from 55 to 65 as of july 1st…atleast that is what i was told when i paid my cell phone ticket june 30th. 130 dollars in the town of tonawnada. there are no points for cell phone tickets either.

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