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by Liberty
Tue May 16, 2017 6:18 pm
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees
Replies: 190
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Re: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees

twomillenium wrote:There is no change in the price of renewal for seniors 60 and over.
Nor for veterans, but it's not as though we were paying a lot anyway.
by Liberty
Thu May 11, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees
Replies: 190
Views: 77462

Re: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees

and Veterans are still $25.00
by Liberty
Wed Dec 28, 2016 3:36 pm
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees
Replies: 190
Views: 77462

Re: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees

Charles L. Cotton wrote:
I understand your point about non-residents and it wouldn't give me any heartburn if it becomes necessary to charge a fee. The fee could and should be minimal, perhaps just enough to cover the FBI fingerprint check ($23.50). However, if we drop the requirement for FBI fingerprints, then the cost of processing a background check is the cost to type a name into one DPS computer that checks, NCIC, TCIC, NICS and one other database. Now that's a big IF, because the opposition to deleting the fingerprint requirement is strong. It's frustrating because we don't get any additional information from an FBI fingerprint check that DPS doesn't get through their own computer check.

Chas.
Is the NICS call in exemption a result of the FBI fingerprint requirement?
by Liberty
Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:23 pm
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees
Replies: 190
Views: 77462

Re: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees

How it will effect new applicants is that people will put off putting in their applications until Sept 1st (The date that the new law is likely to take affect. After Sept 1st the dam will be released.
by Liberty
Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:30 am
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees
Replies: 190
Views: 77462

Re: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees

The obstacles can tend to pile up. The $140 bucks combined with an uncertainty of one's record might make it a gamble for some folks. It's not like the $140 itself is a huge barrier, but it one of a numerous excuses not too.

My wife's drivers license claims she is 2 years older than what she actually is. She is afraid that the 50 year old lie will catch up with her, and the $140 dollar fee is more than she would risk than at a casino.
by Liberty
Thu Dec 08, 2016 7:35 pm
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees
Replies: 190
Views: 77462

Re: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees

CleverNickname wrote: How many people do you think are out there who haven't gotten an LTC just because of the cost? There's probably some, but I don't think it would be a massive number. FWIW there's already a rate reduction for the indigent.
It was reason enough for me to put it off for a few years. It was the combined $100 bucks for the class. and the $140 for the license. The cost was almost as much as my first carry gun.
$70 dollars for my first renewal and a 4-hour class was a little easier. But my last renewal for $25 was a piece of cake :cool:
by Liberty
Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:05 pm
Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees
Replies: 190
Views: 77462

Re: SB 16 - priority bill, reduction of LTC fees

Charles L. Cotton wrote: I understand your point, but we are dealing with a constitutional right. If the Legislature feels that the licensing law should exist for public safety reasons, then the cost should be born by the general public. The cost of voter registration is born by the public and voting is also a constitutional right.
Not much to do with this topic, but if we get this one through, This could be a pathway to dropping the State ID fee. ( Not Drivers Licence) The people who need these are often poor or low income, and would resolve some of the exclusivity of the Voting ID controversy.

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