A new report has found that Illinois ranks second in the nation in per-capita fines and forfeitures collected by local governments.
Vittorio Nastasi, director of criminal justice policy at Reason Foundation, said monetary sanctions for criminal and local ordinance violations are sometimes used to fund courts and basic government operations.
Nastasi said people in local governments are sometimes not willing to pay for the government they want.
Nastasi said locals can sometimes avoid the costs of their government by extracting revenue from nonresidents.
Illinois had seven of the top 50 county governments that collect the most fines and fees per capita.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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