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Leaving Money on the Table: The Argument for Amnesty in the Driver Responsibility Program

The following was adapted from Grits public comments submitted to DPS regarding the proposed indigency rules for the Driver Responsibility program. The Public Safety Commission will hold a public hearing on the rules April 26.Texas Department of Public Safety staff told the Public Safety Commission in February that they?d revised the proposed Driver Responsibility rules from their more aggressive proposal last September because estimates from the Comptroller?s office suggested the changes would cause a steep decline in revenue. Just to have said it, both I and the Texas Fair Defense Project requested those estimates under the Public Information Act, and we were told they do not exist. No one at the Comptroller?s office appears to have made such an estimate and it?s unclear what if any econometric modeling has been done to assess the real effects of the proposed rules...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 18, 2010 (boomark / email).