Texas lawmakers are looking to eliminate temporary paper plates, a move that law enforcement hopes will help reduce crime.Back in 2021, ABC13 Reporter Mycah Hatfield spoke to a member of the paper plate task force in Travis County who told ABC13 counterfeit paper plates make it easy for criminals to hide their identities.RELATED:But a proposed bill could be a step to curbing the numbers.
If passed, HB 718, authored by State Rep. Craig Goldman, would force the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to eliminate paper tags, which law enforcement has vocally opposed for years. A Houston Police Department spokesperson said they would not comment specifically on this bill, only telling Eyewitness News they support anything intended to reduce or eliminate fraud
The DMV would have two years to decide on specifics, establish rules and then get dealers shifted to the new method for tagging new and used vehicles.
How would that prevent fraud? Any system you come up with, someone will find a way to beat it. Sounds like a plan to spend a lot of money only to have the criminals outsmart them again.
Please!
You know a certain ethnicity is hoping it doesn't pass...anybody that drives in Texas knows who it is. They also love dodge chargers, challengers, and Nissan altimas
They’ll drive around stealing plates from the rest of us….
Or just make it so dealers can actually walk in to transfer titles like everyone else the wait process is ridiculous and pointless
Mfz finna be outta there
GOOD
Whatever system they changed it to will be abused the same way once it's figured out. It's just going to create a new business model for corruption.
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