103 Alerts From the LEGISLATION Tag

NMA E-Newsletter #735: Walberg, Raskin Lead Bipartisan Effort to Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws

March 12, 2023 • CAF, civil asset forfeiture, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform, CIVIL FORFEITURE, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA

The National Motorists Association has, for some years now, been fighting to protect motorists from abusive Civil Asset Forfeiture laws. For those unaware of how this abuse of the public’s trust operates, Civil Asset Forfeiture allows police departments to seize assets such as cash, vehicles, houses and other valuables simply on the allegation that those assets […]

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Wyoming Bans Sale of Electric Vehicles by 2035 – What State is Next?: NMA E-Newsletter #732

January 29, 2023 • Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gasoline, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, REVENUE GENERATION, WYOMING

By Lauren Fix, Guest Blogger Well, this is very interesting – Wyoming has introduced state legislation to ban the sale of new electric vehicles by 2035 to ‘ensure the stability’ of its oil and gas industry. This, after car manufacturers and the federal government have pushed so hard to incentivize drivers to purchase or lease […]

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Low-Level Traffic Fines: A Slippery Slope to Civil Court: NMA E-Newsletter #730

January 8, 2023 • CIVIL, CRIMINAL, Discovery, DMV, Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEVADA, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OREGON, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, Traffic Tickets

On January 1st, Nevada became the latest state to remove the threat of a criminal charge for motorists who can’t pay fines for minor traffic violations. The new law has downgraded these minor infractions from criminal misdemeanors to civil violations with civil penalties. This change only applies to low-level traffic tickets, not to tickets like reckless […]

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Red-Light Cameras Turned Off in Greenville, NC—At Least for Now!: NMA E-Newsletter #727

December 18, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, Red-Light Camera, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE

If there ever was a system that says ‘taxation by citation,’ the North Carolina red-light camera system is it. A little background. In March 2022 the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled that Greenville’s red-light camera program was unconstitutional but not because of the cameras themselves. Under the state’s RLC citation scheme, expenses from […]

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Funding for Road Infrastructure–Never Seems to be Enough: NMA E-Newsletter #721

November 6, 2022 • Congestion Pricing, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Highway Trust Fund, infrastructure, Infrastructure Funding, LEGISLATION, mileage-based user fee, NEWSLETTER, NMA, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax, WHEEL TAX

Out of the many transportation problems America currently faces, funding infrastructure remains at the top of the pile. Currently, we pay at the pump both a national and state gas tax and in many local counties and cities around the country, we also pay special sales taxes and wheel taxes for infrastructure. It never seems […]

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