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Amnesty, Indigence rules for Driver Responsibility Program up for vote next week

Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports that the Public Safety Commission is expected to approve new Indigence and Amnesty rules for the Driver Responsibility Program at their next meeting October 22. Writes Ward:Facing more than $1.1 billion in uncollected fines from errant Texas motorists who are driving illegally without licenses, state officials are poised to approve an amnesty program to try to get some of them legal again.Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, told the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security on Wednesday that two changes expected to be approved soon will allow scofflaws to pay off their fines at big discounts.Drivers who pay during an amnesty period starting in December could get off by paying 10 percent of their fine, up to $250, and drivers who can prove they are legally indigent can get a similar deal starting in April, officials said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).