[basil]

Well, I don't see too much to complain about here--and happily, no new gun laws are iincluded.

[2-in-Texas]

Didn't see on your list the stupid new law lowering the speed limit to 55 in Harris and 7 surrounding counties. This TNRCC-backed law is a bunch of hooey, and good luck enforcing it. Another example of the govt going after the little guy when the real criminals are the big polluting chemical companies. But then they have powerful lobbyists and we little guys don't. Should be an interesting trip on the local freeways for the next several months to see if the DPS guys have the cojones to start writing those tickets.

[Eaker]

Well the five dollar tax thing looks promising!!!

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[deport]

and the top stories for the year to go along with the some 1500 laws enacted.........

Metro and State
Top 10 state stories of 2001

San Antonio Express-News

Web Posted : 12/30/2001 12:00 AM

Missing preacher: Barre Cox, a San Antonio preacher who mysteriously vanished in 1984 and later claimed amnesia, reappears leading a congregation in Dallas, only to lose that job over questions about his truthfulness.

O'Hair mystery: The nation's foremost missing person case ends when the former office manager for atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair leads authorities to her Hill Country grave.

Gary Dale Cox: A convicted sex offender sought in the abduction of at least three young girls kills himself in May as a Kerr County deputy draws near.

Tropical Storm Allison: Not even a hurricane, it hits Houston, killing 22 people and causing $5 billion in damage.

Andrea Yates: A Houston housewife with a history of depression apparently drowns her five children in the family bathtub, leaving her husband and the nation asking why.

Connally 7: George Rivas, the leader of seven inmates who broke out of a Kenedy prison in late 2000, is convicted of murdering a Dallas policeman and gets a death sentence.

Politicos come home: With Sen. Phil Gramm and House Majority Leader Dick Armey retiring, Texas Republicans will lose clout in Washington.

Laredo maid case: A 12-year-old maid, bound and gagged in a Laredo back yard, becomes a child-abuse case ending with a 99-year prison sentence for her employer.

Causeway collapse: Four barges hit a section of the Queen Isabella Causeway in September; eight people die, and South Padre again becomes an island.

Enron: The Houston energy company begins the year as a Wall Street darling, ends with its stock worth pennies and claims of fraud ringing in its well-connected executives' ears.

12/30/2001

[Conservative]

SB1074, which bans racial profiling by law enforcement agencies, went into effect Sept. 1 but must be implemented by Tuesday.

This law will further handicap law enforcement from apprehending and punishing the real criminal predators in our state.

Thankfully, my spouse and I obtained our concealed carry permits during 2001, and thus are no longer completely dependent upon law enforcement for personal protection.

[lonestar]

SB1272: Allows land located in a county with a population of 35,000 or less on which a greenhouse for growing florist items is located to be given an agricultural use designation for property tax appraisal purposes.

The Walter Umphrey law??????? He built a huge greenhouse in Tyler County.