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Re: Driver Surcharge-Texas Transportation Code Ch.708
Posted by maryann on 8/09/05

    hi i recently had to pay ths surcharge crap i was not notifed
    by letter......found out when i went to get a job had no idea
    that my licence was suspended....i know i do not get the job
    and had to pay out money for a ticket that was dismissed in
    the first damn place....thsi is the stupidist thing


    On 11/17/04, Mary wrote:
    > This law is a crock of crap. Who is responsible for
    notifying
    > the driver that he/she is going to have an additional fine
    > levied against him for the next three years?
    > We, my husband & I, found out the hard way., by a letter
    > through the mail. We did take care of our financial
    > responsibility... IN CASH !!!!
    > Recently a co-worker told me that her daughter is paying
    > $360 for the next three years. She received her letter ONE
    > year after she was ticketed.
    > I work in a hospital & have never heard that this money is
    > being filtered back to fund ANYTHING in our trauma center.
    > This really needs to be brought to the public's attention.
    > And to think, we voted for these people in our government.
    > They apparently do not want us to know they are sticking it
    > to us again. My biggest complaint with this law is ..
    they ,
    > the DPS, say that your driver's license will be suspended if
    > you don't pay. That is not a big deal for some of these
    Bozos
    > who repeatedly get caught, ticketed, arrested & released.
    > They just drive w/o a license. It makes it hard for those of
    > us who do pay the fines,,, on time.
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    > On 11/03/04, Mike wrote:
    >> The Texas legislation enacted House Bill 3588 which gave
    >> birth to new laws affecting drivers. Offence(s) that
    >> result in conviction cuases a person to ante up certain
    >> amounts beyond the statutory fine. For example, one who
    >> does not have a valid driver's licence must pay $250 a
    >> year for three years!! A DWI or DUI conviction must pay
    >> $1000 a years for three years in addition to a fine,court
    >> costs and probation fees. Who can tell me of the
    >> constitutional right of this law? What is being done
    >> about rescinding this law?

     
     

 
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