54 Alerts From the TEXAS Tag

Are Small Towns Addicted to Traffic Fines and Fees? NMA E-Newsletter #592

May 17, 2020 • ARKANSAS, Automated Traffic Enforcement, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GEORGIA, LOUISIANA, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, OKLAHOMA, Parking Tickets, POLICING FOR PROFIT, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED TRAP, TEXAS, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets

Editor’s Note: This article was initially written for the Spring edition of Driving Freedoms magazine. The information here pertained primarily to life before the COVID-19 crisis. Still, we believe traffic fines and fees will be even more of an issue for small towns (and big cities) everywhere due to shortfalls in the budgets that have […]

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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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An Eye on Recent Motorist Rights Court Cases, Part 2: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #530

March 10, 2019 • ACLU, CALIFORNIA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLEGAL SEARCH, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, INSURANCE, Insurance Company, IOWA, LICENSE PLATE, MINNESOTA, Motorcycle, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OHIO, OOIDA, PENNSYLVANIA, RACIAL PROFILING, RED LIGHT CAMERA, RENTAL CAR, TEXAS, TICKET CAMERA, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VERMONT

Many motorist rights court cases have made news in the past three months. Last week, we presented the first part of this update that focused on federal court decisions, and a few from the US Supreme Court. This week, we are diving into key motorist-related cases in state supreme or appellate courts. Our hope is […]

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