Stop TX Surcharges

08/21/2019

More than 600,000 Texans will immediately be eligible to have their driver's licenses reinstated after the program's Sept. 1 repeal. The system was widely criticized for adding additional annual fees on top of the price of tickets, but all pending surcharges will soon be waived.

06/23/2019

Finally!!!

Texas roads just got a little freer.Heeding cries from the Texas ACLU and other advocates, Governer Greg Abbott has ended Texas' so-called Driver...

05/18/2019

A controversial citation program that can put drivers in a cycle of escalating fines would be eliminated under a bill approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday. The Drivers Responsibility Program has been unpopular among lawmakers since its creation in 2003, but because it supports the state t...

05/05/2019

A debtors’ prison. A permanent underclass. An immoral system.Texas lawmakers have used strong language for years to denounce the unintended

04/16/2019

Texas lawmakers are considering two bills, one in the House and one in the Senate, that would eliminate the state's Driver Responsibility Program (DRP), which some lawmakers argue places a financial burden on poor families who can't afford to pay their traffic citations.

02/22/2019

The bill would scrap the current $7 vehicle inspection fee, adding that amount to the current cost of vehicle registration, raising some $145 million to replace the money the state currently collec…

02/14/2019

Lawmakers in both chambers and parties want to fix the controversial Driver Responsibility Program, but the program funds state trauma centers. Where will they find $144 million to fill the gap?

01/20/2019

If you've lost your driver's license due to Texas DPS surcharges or unpaid traffic tickets, there is hope.

12/07/2018

A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit is suing the Texas Department of Public Safety over its automatic driver license-suspension program. The suit alleges

12/07/2018

After being arrested for drunken driving in 2017, Nathan Alexander, 35, paid court fees and attended residential alcohol treatment. Then he learned he would have to pay thousands of dollars in additional surcharges because of the Texas' Driver Responsibility Program, which charges fees to drivers wh...

08/27/2018

This is ridiculous...so many drivers having to drive under fear of getting pulled over and going to jail.

04/14/2018