57 Alerts From the TEXAS Tag

NMA Wrap Up of Legislative Activity, 2nd Quarter 2019: NMA E-Newsletter #547

July 7, 2019 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, CELL PHONE, civil asset forfeiture, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, IDAHO, ILLEGAL SEARCH, INDIANA, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATE, MARYLAND, MISSOURI, MONTANA, MOVE OVER LAW, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW MEXICO, NEWSLETTER, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, RACIAL PROFILING, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, Technology, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC STOP, UTAH, VIRGINIA

April, May, and June were busy months in state legislatures where many of the bills affecting motorists that were introduced in the first quarter, or carried forward from last year, were resolved. The results were a mixed bag, but the biggest victory was a special one: Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law House […]

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Law Enforcement’s National Threat Assessment Program (TAPS ACT) Predicts If You Pose a Future Threat: NMA E-Newsletter #546

June 30, 2019 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, SAFETY, TAPS Act, TEXAS

By guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog It has been nearly two years since I reported on the dangers of creating a law enforcement run Mental Health Assessment (MHA) program. In Texas, police use MHA’s to “screen” every person they have arrested for mental illness. But the TAPS Act, first introduced in January 2019, would take […]

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Motorists in Court—Latest Court Case Updates from Around the Country: NMA E-Newsletter #544

June 16, 2019 • BLOOD WITHDRAWAL, COLORADO, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, GEORGIA, INDIANA, LEGISLATION, MASSACHUSETTS, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, REVENUE GENERATION, RHODE ISLAND, TEXAS, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TOLL, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, WISCONSIN

This time of year, many state legislatures have wrapped up their yearly bills, but courts never stop. Here are just some of the cases we have been tracking. The Colorado Supreme Court recently declared that an alert by a drug-sniffing police dog to detect marijuana and other drugs no longer provides probable cause for a […]

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NMA Alert: The Texas Bill to Ban Red-Light Cameras goes to the Governor

May 20, 2019 • Action Alert, ALERT, BANRedLightCamerasNow, Red-Light Cameras, TEXAS, TX

Dear NMA Texas Members, Red-Light Cameras are on their way out in TEXAS!  Thank you for your ongoing advocacy against RLCs.  We encourage you to find out how your elected officials voted and if they voted to ban RLCs thank him or her. If they didn’t give them reasons to reconsider automated traffic enforcement in […]

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Immediate Attention for Texas Members: Call or Email your State Senator and Ask him or her to Support the Ban of Red-Light Cameras

May 15, 2019 • Action Alert, ALERT, BANRedLightCamerasNow, Red-Light Cameras, TEXAS, TX

Dear NMA Texas Members, HB1631 to ban red-light cameras has already passed the House and our members report that the Senate Transportation committee waived the posting requirements on HB1631 to fast track it for a vote possibly as soon as this Friday on the Senate floor. Call or email your state senator today and ask […]

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