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09-01-2011, 08:19 PM
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House Bill 1043 amends the Penal Code to create the offense of cockfighting. The bill makes it a state jail felony to knowingly cause a **** to fight with another **** or to participate in the earnings of a cockfight and makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly use or permit another to use certain property for cockfighting, own or train a **** with the intent that it be used in a cockfighting exhibition, or manufacture, buy, sell, barter, exchange, possess, advertise, or otherwise offer a certain sharp implement intended for use in cockfighting. The bill makes it a Class C misdemeanor to knowingly attend as a spectator an exhibition of cockfighting and enhances the penalty for a subsequent conviction of such an offense to a Class A misdemeanor. The bill establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution for a cockfighting offense and provides an exception to the application of the offense involving attending a cockfighting exhibition as a spectator for a person 15 years of age or younger.
There go all my dreams and aspirations.....
There go all my dreams and aspirations.....
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Legislative Session: 82(R)
House Bill 1353
House Author: Elkins et al.
Effective: 9-1-11
Senate Sponsor: Williams
House Bill 1353 amends Transportation Code provisions relating to speeds that are lawful unless a special hazard exists that requires a slower speed. The bill makes 70 miles per hour a lawful speed on a highway numbered by Texas or the United States outside an urban district and makes 60 mph a lawful speed on a highway that is outside an urban district and not a highway numbered by Texas or the United States. The bill makes an exception for a school bus, requiring the school bus to comply with certain prescribed speeds. The bill removes speeds that are lawful for certain vehicles in nighttime, for certain trucks, and for vehicles outside an urban district for which a speed limit is not otherwise specified. The bill requires an entity that establishes or alters a speed limit on certain highways under authority granted by law to establish the same speed limit for daytime and nighttime and, among other provisions, increases to 75 mph the maximum speed that the entities may set, with a certain exception.
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House Bill 1353
House Author: Elkins et al.
Effective: 9-1-11
Senate Sponsor: Williams
House Bill 1353 amends Transportation Code provisions relating to speeds that are lawful unless a special hazard exists that requires a slower speed. The bill makes 70 miles per hour a lawful speed on a highway numbered by Texas or the United States outside an urban district and makes 60 mph a lawful speed on a highway that is outside an urban district and not a highway numbered by Texas or the United States. The bill makes an exception for a school bus, requiring the school bus to comply with certain prescribed speeds. The bill removes speeds that are lawful for certain vehicles in nighttime, for certain trucks, and for vehicles outside an urban district for which a speed limit is not otherwise specified. The bill requires an entity that establishes or alters a speed limit on certain highways under authority granted by law to establish the same speed limit for daytime and nighttime and, among other provisions, increases to 75 mph the maximum speed that the entities may set, with a certain exception.
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09-01-2011, 09:44 PM
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Legislative Session: 82(R)
House Bill 1353
House Author: Elkins et al.
Effective: 9-1-11
Senate Sponsor: Williams
House Bill 1353 amends Transportation Code provisions relating to speeds that are lawful unless a special hazard exists that requires a slower speed. The bill makes 70 miles per hour a lawful speed on a highway numbered by Texas or the United States outside an urban district and makes 60 mph a lawful speed on a highway that is outside an urban district and not a highway numbered by Texas or the United States. The bill makes an exception for a school bus, requiring the school bus to comply with certain prescribed speeds. The bill removes speeds that are lawful for certain vehicles in nighttime, for certain trucks, and for vehicles outside an urban district for which a speed limit is not otherwise specified. The bill requires an entity that establishes or alters a speed limit on certain highways under authority granted by law to establish the same speed limit for daytime and nighttime and, among other provisions, increases to 75 mph the maximum speed that the entities may set, with a certain exception.
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House Bill 1353
House Author: Elkins et al.
Effective: 9-1-11
Senate Sponsor: Williams
House Bill 1353 amends Transportation Code provisions relating to speeds that are lawful unless a special hazard exists that requires a slower speed. The bill makes 70 miles per hour a lawful speed on a highway numbered by Texas or the United States outside an urban district and makes 60 mph a lawful speed on a highway that is outside an urban district and not a highway numbered by Texas or the United States. The bill makes an exception for a school bus, requiring the school bus to comply with certain prescribed speeds. The bill removes speeds that are lawful for certain vehicles in nighttime, for certain trucks, and for vehicles outside an urban district for which a speed limit is not otherwise specified. The bill requires an entity that establishes or alters a speed limit on certain highways under authority granted by law to establish the same speed limit for daytime and nighttime and, among other provisions, increases to 75 mph the maximum speed that the entities may set, with a certain exception.
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09-02-2011, 12:07 PM
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I think it has to do with the frame of the vehicle not being within a certain length from the ground because it tears up the street. You know when you see those jackasses in lowriders shooting sparks out the back? I think this is pertaining to that, I'm not sure though.
09-02-2011, 12:26 PM
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Actually, those guys that shoot the sparks have these specific blocks that they bolt underneath they frame that do that. It's not actually the frame that's sparking, but I get what you're saying
09-02-2011, 01:47 PM
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I think it has to do with the frame of the vehicle not being within a certain length from the ground because it tears up the street. You know when you see those jackasses in lowriders shooting sparks out the back? I think this is pertaining to that, I'm not sure though.
Also, HB 1116 may be of interest to some. The bill banning radar jammers has been altered to include laser jammers. Class C misdemeanor.
SB 197 modifies the fines and definitions for "friendly inspections"
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09-02-2011, 10:15 PM
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Texas Street Rod & Custom Vehicle Bill Signed Into Law
By Ashley Smissen , June 23, 2011 in News & Events
Legislation to create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles, including kit cars and replicas, was signed into Texas law earlier this week by Gov. Rick Perry.
H.B. 890, which also provides for special license plates for these vehicles, will go into effect on Sept. 1, 2011. The new law defines a street rod as “an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949” and a custom as “an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948.”
This bill, according to SEMA, will allow for the use of non-original materials and creates a titling and registration criterion that assigns these vehicles the same model-year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.
By Ashley Smissen , June 23, 2011 in News & Events
Legislation to create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles, including kit cars and replicas, was signed into Texas law earlier this week by Gov. Rick Perry.
H.B. 890, which also provides for special license plates for these vehicles, will go into effect on Sept. 1, 2011. The new law defines a street rod as “an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949” and a custom as “an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948.”
This bill, according to SEMA, will allow for the use of non-original materials and creates a titling and registration criterion that assigns these vehicles the same model-year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.