What I gather is that the state saved over $40 million for that one year by not messing with any of it, period. Arrests, law enforcement costs, courts costs, fines, etc....all taken into consideration.
Again, you apparently don't understand what the the word SAVED means.
I understand it well enough...they SAVED it on one thing...and then turned around and WASTED it all on something else.
WASTE is synonymous with government...from the local level all the way up.