'Not a victimless crime.': Texas lawmakers are looking to crack down on fraudulent paper license plates.
Under current Texas law, you can get stuck with a Class C misdemeanor, subject to a $500 fine, for driving a vehicle with a fraudulent paper tag.A Fort Worth Texas House representative and a Dallas senator are working to rid the state of. Dallas Democrat Sen. Royce West and Fort Worth Republican Rep. Craig Goldman filed identical bills, Senate Bill 2567 and House Bill 718, respectively, to do just that.
He said law enforcement agencies reached out to him after he filed the bill to let him know what a problem fake paper tags are for them. The DMV put out new paper tags last fall to combat fraudulent ones. Within an hour of their release, he said he had a copy of what appeared to be one of the new and improved, anti-fraud paper tags on his desk. It was a fake.
“... I don’t know if this is going to fix this issue but this is a better solution than what y’all have in place today.”turned out to testify in support of the bill on behalf of his department, as well as the Texas Police Chiefs Association. He told the committee that just a few months ago one of his officers was killed in a vehicle collision while chasing a vehicle with a fake license plate.
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