tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7459406949494035885..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: I know, you're shocked: Texas fines, fees, court costs went up in 2009Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68914223089284587962010-10-25T14:23:57.440-05:002010-10-25T14:23:57.440-05:00Fees are increasing due to shortfalls in the budge...Fees are increasing due to shortfalls in the budget. Perry failed to take federal money (my federal taxes) but the state needs 1.2 billion to make up the 2010 defecit. Perry passed on 830 million from the ARRA because he didn't want the feds to tell him what to do with the states budget. Now Texans must shell out more money in fines, fees, court cost and whatever other bs scheme the GOB can come up with. It's the classic Perry double dip. He's such a D-Bag. Bad for Texas, bad for the middle class! Wake up, do your own research. This guy is toxic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79950245249050026892010-01-28T22:28:44.241-06:002010-01-28T22:28:44.241-06:00know exactly how you feel! im in the exact situati...know exactly how you feel! im in the exact situation....this law makes you not want to be a productive member of society!.. leaves you with NO chance to move on with your life and be something better! according to http://www.shapleigh.org/news/3801--grover-s-tub-debtors-prisons ...WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL 2011 !!!!!!! ...and even then, doubt any progress will happen!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420267423770974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-76665532453671179242010-01-17T21:28:53.107-06:002010-01-17T21:28:53.107-06:00Do you guys know how angry this TDRP has made me ,...Do you guys know how angry this TDRP has made me , I Can;t efficiently find a job, I had to sell my car b/c i kept getting tickets and going to jail! i Ride my bicycle Everywhere now!. I have over 12 thousand dollars owed to the TRDP. I haven't worked in 6 months. I tried to commit suicide by cop when they last pulled me over! I used to make 10 bucks an hour and just barely make it. Now All this because of one no insurance ticket ! ONE , then it snow balled into others because they suspended my drivers license without telling me. I paid the state so i Didn't have warrants. But all This has made me angry! Angry b/c the rich Get to drive and i HATE all CARS now! I am not Working for Microsoft for 10 bucks an hour doing program customer support. I Am No longer a productive member of society ! And if you have something to say I would love to Get Violent and Express all my HATE onto your greedy ass . Just like when i throw ball bearings into your windshield when you try and run me over when i'm riding my bike to the store To buy FOOD !!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80881329977843768242009-12-28T15:00:42.641-06:002009-12-28T15:00:42.641-06:00The new guidelines for the drivers responsibility ...The new guidelines for the drivers responsibility program are detailed in the meetings of the last DPS Commissioner meeting and they passed unanimously :http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/calendar/documents/minutes091709.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36768551056919077412009-12-22T16:26:50.842-06:002009-12-22T16:26:50.842-06:00GRITS: PLEASE DOUBLE-CHECK THIS POST.
The time pa...GRITS: PLEASE DOUBLE-CHECK THIS POST.<br /><br />The time payment fee is in Local Government Code 133.103, added in 2003 and amended last in 2005.<br /><br />The warrant fee is Code of Criminal Procedure 102.011, enacted in 2007 and re-enacted in 2009, and definitely charged prior to this legislative session.<br /><br />Please be aware that the Comptroller produces this handy guide for courts every two years; it is intended for use to double-check what SHOULD be charged, and therefore includes both new and previous court costs.Trying to Be Helpfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41109934149184493752009-12-22T14:13:18.758-06:002009-12-22T14:13:18.758-06:00Grits...why dont you report on the almost $10 mill...Grits...why dont you report on the almost $10 million dollars DPS raised last year writing tickets over the holidays. Public safety my ass!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41663583912793664342009-12-22T07:09:50.396-06:002009-12-22T07:09:50.396-06:00I am a probation officer and deal with different l...I am a probation officer and deal with different levels of income for a certain type of criminal population. I must say that for some poor individuals, giving them a fine that they can not afford doesn't get them driving legally any faster. I don't have a problem with using punishment at time but not when it is counter productive. It is just a problem that we punish someone who is poor the same as someone who is thumbing their nose at a law [that the fine might not even be a problem to pay]. That doesn't solve anything.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378632434270432565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5169147478810112152009-12-21T20:02:36.188-06:002009-12-21T20:02:36.188-06:00Why don't you just not break the law therefore...Why don't you just not break the law therefore never having to pay any of those fees.<br /><br />Hey 3:54, do you think someone stopped in 2009 should have gone to jail on a 2003 warrant for failing to asppear for jury duty? Not only could the defendant not make his $1500 bail and was also unable to get a public defender, he spent 83 days in jail until the Dallas Morning News informed a Collin County judge about the situation.<br /><br />Now how is that protecting the public? Just because as you say "why don't you just not break the law?"<br /><br />Source: Texas Monthly January 2010page 91<br /><br />Retired LEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31450426821182931312009-12-21T20:00:26.711-06:002009-12-21T20:00:26.711-06:00What percentage of the 25% uninsured are uninsured...What percentage of the 25% uninsured are uninsured b/c they think they can get away with it. I don't know, but it would be interesting. <br /><br />A glaring problem with the insurance laws, is that its very hard to enforce. Short of getting stopped by an officer, who would know?<br /><br />What about Insurance checkpoints as an idea?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8285837538349173902009-12-21T19:48:51.051-06:002009-12-21T19:48:51.051-06:00I don't think anyone is whining and bitching w...I don't think anyone is whining and bitching with the consequences .. I went to jail and paid the tickets! On top of that I'm willing to pay my surcharge , but lower it to a monthly payment I can make! $600/ month ....crazy!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74677208448527611562009-12-21T19:44:55.786-06:002009-12-21T19:44:55.786-06:00There's a new fee for being arrested:
WARRANT...There's a new fee for being arrested:<br /><br />WARRANT FEE: A defendant convicted of a felony or misdemeanor shall pay $50 for a law enforcement agency’s execution of an issued arrest warrant, capias or capias pro fine, if the agency requests the court, not later than the 15th day after the date of execution, to impose the fee.<br /><br />This is not a new fee as it has been in effect for several years.<br /><br />These fees amount to nothing more than the word "tax." And we all think the lege isn't smart. These fees are created by the lege as nothing more than another revenue generating resource for the state using local government as the collectors. It has nothing to do with correcting behavior, promoting safe driving and public safety and only tends to complicate already overcrowding in local county jails.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Retired LEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13331514237856511462009-12-21T18:57:11.553-06:002009-12-21T18:57:11.553-06:00I probably don't have a really good grip on th...I probably don't have a really good grip on the problem and I'm not real good at math. But if the end goal from a public safety standpoint is to have all drivers insured, wouldn't it be more cost efficient to force the insurance companies to cover at least the minimal needs of lower income individuals?<br /><br />I know that where I live one has to have liability insurance to get a drivers license. It is very cheap and not dependent on whether or not you even own a car. The insurance companies don't like it but they are mandated to provide it by the state. Price of doing business.<br /><br />I know it wouldn't solve the entire problem but it doesn't seem what is happening now is solving much either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90337139243614718022009-12-21T17:40:13.688-06:002009-12-21T17:40:13.688-06:00Hey...everyone bitches at the thought of a state i...Hey...everyone bitches at the thought of a state income tax so it's kinda hard to complain when Texas TAXES everything else and I mean EVERYTHING!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19121213898439768462009-12-21T16:50:07.425-06:002009-12-21T16:50:07.425-06:00So 4:38, the one in four Texas drivers who have no...So 4:38, the one in four Texas drivers who have no insurance are all just irresponsible? It's not because many people just can't afford it?<br /><br />To the extent folks are scofflaws and thumbing their noses at the lw, that's one thing. To the extent mandated coverage makes it a crime simply to have a low income and a car, there's less culpability to my mind.<br /><br />FWIW, I also have the same concern about the Obamacare mandated coverage. If 25% of Texans don't buy car insurance when it's mandated, why would passing a law cause them to buy health insurance they can't afford? It's an essentially similar economic dynamic.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51562455147806252382009-12-21T16:38:34.788-06:002009-12-21T16:38:34.788-06:00You bet I do! I exceed the speed limit, don't...You bet I do! I exceed the speed limit, don't come to a complete stop, etc... However, I am fully aware of the consequences if I get caught. If an officer pulls me over and writes me a ticket, I don't whine and bitch about the consequences of a law that I intentionally broke.<br /><br />It's called taking responsible for my actions!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87850720644801356712009-12-21T16:13:15.645-06:002009-12-21T16:13:15.645-06:00I wonder if anonymous 3:54 ever exceeds the speed ...I wonder if anonymous 3:54 ever exceeds the speed limit, fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign, etc. etc. He/she seems more than willing to cast the first stone, so I assume he/she is completely w/o guilt.ckikerintuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670661043872744115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70112950898692558812009-12-21T15:54:23.864-06:002009-12-21T15:54:23.864-06:00Why don't you just not break the law therefore...Why don't you just not break the law therefore never having to pay any of those fees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5470002086741298662009-12-21T12:59:07.628-06:002009-12-21T12:59:07.628-06:00Why don't they just go ahead and make it a cri...Why don't they just go ahead and make it a criminal offense to be poor? Sorry, I forgot, they already have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com