NEWS
Texting ban leads Texas Sept. 1 laws
By BARBARA GREEN
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During the 85th Texas Legislative Session 1,252 new laws were passed and many went into effect on Sept. 1.
Their subjects are vast from allowing $1 million lottery winners to remain anonymous to the ban on texting and driving across the state.
You can now carry a sword, but you can’t operate a drone over a sports venue or jail.
Many of these new laws affect only a small niche group, but there are others that will touch each citizen. Here is a roundup of some of the new laws.
Ban on texting
and driving
The ban on texting and driving will apply to every motorist on Texas highways. House Bill 62 prohibits drivers on public roads from using a wireless communication device, cell phone, to read, write or send an electronic message while operating a motor vehicle.
Texting and driving will be punishable by a fine of $25-$99. It climbs to $100-$200 for subsequent offenses.
Read all about the new laws effective on Sept. 1 in the weekend News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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