76 days ago by Gritsforbreakfast

I'd mentioned over the weekend the Public Safety Commission's vote on Friday to revamp the Driver Responsibility surcharge to create amnesty and incentive programs. But a couple of other interesting items came up at the meeting that deserve Grits readers' attention. Driver License Delays For starter ...

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78 days ago by Gritsforbreakfast

I must say, I've seldom been as pleased at being rejected as I was yesterday when the Texas Public Safety Commission formally voted to deny the Grits' peitition for rulemaking regarding creation of indigency, amnesty and incentive programs for the so-called "Driver Responsibility" fee. Instead the C ...

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79 days ago by Gritsforbreakfast

I'm headed up this morning for a meeting of the Texas Public Safety Commission to discuss the Driver Responsibility Program and Grits' recently submitted petition for rulemaking during their public comment period. (On good authority, I understand state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso is coming to th ...

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82 days ago by Gritsforbreakfast

Readers may be interested in this press release (pdf) from DPS describing new traffic laws that take effect on September 1. The release mentions an important bill that I'd somehow completely missed during the legislative session - HB 2012 by Vaught - which is likely to negatively impact counties' ja ...

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91 days ago by Gritsforbreakfast

After proposing a new amnesty program last week for Texas' so-called "Driver Responsibility" surcharge, I was interested to see via the blog Pardon Power that the President of South Korea plans to pardon 1.5 million people for "economic crimes," and "in particular people who earn a living by driving ...

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97 days ago by myvisausa

When the independent, bipartisan Sept. 11 commission issued its report in July 2004, an alarming fact was emphasized: Terrorists need valid identification to board an airplane. The commission asserted that “for terrorists, travel documents are as important as weapons.” Congress subsequently passed t ...

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103 days ago by Law is Cool Contributors

In wake of court ruling, Hutterites contemplate leaving Alberta

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114 days ago by Gritsforbreakfast

At a Texas Public Safety Commission meeting today, the vendor in charge of collections for the Orwellian-named "Driver Responsibility" surcharge faced a brutal reaction from commission members, who questioned the company's "ethics" and openly called for their contract to be terminated as soon as fea ...

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128 days ago by Gritsforbreakfast

One of the under-recognized achievements of the 81st Texas Legislature was the addition of two amendments by state Rep. Sylvester Turner to the Department of Public Safety's Sunset bill requiring the agency to implement an indigence program for its Orwellian-named Driver Responsibility surcharge. (S ...

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130 days ago by Morgan Levy

Folks, today’s the day. Today is the day that the texting while driving ban officially hits the books, much to the chagrin of chronic crackberry-ers and speedy T9-ers alike. You all voiced some strong opinions about the ban a couple months ago, and the day of judgement has arrived. Now that texting ...

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