A new incentive program will allow some low-income drivers to pay reduced surcharges under the Driver Responsibility Program. Thousands of Texans’ licenses have been suspended as a result of the controversial program.
Driver Responsibility Program
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Lawmaker Launches Effort to End Driver Responsibility Program
Lawmakers are once again working to end a surcharge program they say is ineffective and unfair. But the program also provides millions of dollars to trauma centers across Texas.
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State Government
DPS Institutes Surcharge Breaks for the Poor
The Texas Department of Public Safety today announced the start of a program to help poor drivers pay off expensive surcharges and get their driver’s licenses back.
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State Government
Legislators Consider Repealing Driver Fees
Lawmakers at the Capitol debate eliminating a surcharge on traffic tickets that has been riddled with problems almost since its inception.
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State Government
Video: Legislators Consider Repealing Driver Fees
Lawmakers at the Capitol today debated eliminating a surcharge on traffic tickets that has been riddled with problems almost since its inception.
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State Government
DRP Fund Helps Trauma Centers Save Lives, Supporters Say
Lives are at stake if the Legislature fails to appropriate the full amount of the Driver Responsibility Program fund, medical professionals said at a Capitol press conference today.
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State Government
TribBlog: DPS Giving Drivers a Break
Some of the 1.2 million Texas drivers whose licenses have been suspended because they failed to pay expensive traffic ticket surcharges can catch a big break right now from the Department of Public Safety.
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Transportation
TribBlog: Berman Files Bill to End DPS Driver Surcharges
State Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, wants to end something besides illegal immigration and federal intrusion into health care in Texas.
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State Government
TribBlog: DPS Commission Approves Surcharge Changes
The Texas Public Safety Commission today approved a slate of rules meant to allow thousands of drivers to get their licenses back.
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State Government
TribBlog: Driver Debt Debate
On Tuesday, a House committee heard arguments over the future of the controversial Driver Responsibility Program — which pits outrage over heavy traffic fines on the poor against the state’s need to finance trauma care in hospitals, which benefit from the fines.