Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps

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Texas Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 706.002 Denial of renewal of driver's license

A political subdivision may contract with the department to provide information necessary for the department to deny renewal of the driver’s license of a person who fails to appear for

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a complaint or citation or fails to pay or satisfy a judgment ordering payment of a fine and cost in the manner ordered by the court in a matter involving any offense that a court has jurisdiction of under Chapter 4, Code of Criminal Procedure.

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