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Bill to abolish Driver Responsibility surcharge gets hearing on Tuesday

State Rep. Leo Berman's HB 299 repealing Texas' Driver Responsibility surcharge has received the chair's blessing for a public hearing on Tuesday (at 2 pm or upon adjournment), when the bill will be heard by the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee. (See the members of the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee here; if one of them represents you and you oppose the DRP, please consider contacting them to ask them to support the bill.)For those of you who'd like the opportunity to (politely, respectfully) tell the Legislature how this surcharge has affected you and/or your family, this hearing will be a good opportunity. It's a welcome sign that the bill has received a public hearing - many do not - and though the hospitals will come out in opposition, we may have reached a tipping point where the problems created by the surcharge, particularly regarding declining DWI convictions, now outweigh the benefits...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 18, 2011 (boomark / email).