NEWS
Texting ban leads Texas Sept. 1 laws
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
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.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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