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class="cell w-8 main_column"> <article class="last"> <header> <h1>Senate Moves to Reform Driver Responsibility Program</h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150724225259/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/" rel="author">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 21 May 2015 15:48:47 -0500" title="2015-05-21 15:48"> May 21, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150724225259/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/21/senate-moves-reform-driver-responsibility-program/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <aside> <ul class="social_links"> <li class="comment"> <a href="/web/20150724225259/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/21/senate-moves-reform-driver-responsibility-program/comments/" title=""> <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> <span>Comment</span> </a> </li> <li class="republish"> <a 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Rodney Ellis D-Houston reads information during the Senate Committee on State Affairs as they listen to testimony relating to guns on campus and open carry on February 12th, 2015" class="lightbox"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150724225259im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/7C2A1206_jpg_312x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Rodney Ellis D-Houston reads information during the Senate Committee on State Affairs as they listen to testimony relating to guns on campus and open carry on February 12th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150724225259/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/7C2A1206_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Rodney Ellis D-Houston reads information during the Senate Committee on State Affairs as they listen to testimony relating to guns on campus and open carry on February 12th, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Rodney Ellis D-Houston reads information during the Senate Committee on State Affairs as they listen to testimony relating to guns on campus and open carry on February 12th, 2015</div> </div> <p>The Texas Senate on Thursday approved a proposal that would<strong> </strong>weaken the state’s Driver Responsibility Program, which critics say has unfairly penalized poor Texans.<span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br/></span></p> <p>The program requires drivers convicted of certain traffic offenses to pay annual surcharges, on top of court fines and criminal penalties, to maintain their driver's licenses. 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