With a 5 percent increase, the authority would collect about $241 million in added fares and tolls next year, according to the comptroller's report.

They should call 911 so authorities can collect it.

Local and regional authorities do not collect taxes.

In some areas local authorities collect business waste for a fee.

As examples of the new strategy, the Israeli authorities are now aggressively collecting back taxes that might have been overlooked.

In all, the authority collected $720 million in tolls last year.

If the Legislature prevails, there would be a 2.87 percent increase in the county taxes that towns and other local authorities collect.

Mr. Riccio said the authority had collected about $40,000 through the surcharge in the first three months.

The authorities there collected samples from all 700 males in the town.

The authorities collected 28 bodies throughout the city.