{"id":2625,"date":"2017-09-04T10:43:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T16:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2017-09-04T10:43:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T16:43:17","slug":"dont-mess-with-texas-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2625","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Mess With Texas 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The littering laws have changed September 1, 2017. \u00a0Here they are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Littering is against the law and you can be fined up to $500 for trash less than or equal to five pounds or five gallons (as you may have seen on those blue Don\u2019t mess with Texas signs). Repeat the offense, and you could face a fine of up to $2,000 and 180 days in jail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It gets worse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Discarding trash that weighs more than five pounds is considered illegal dumping and carries even steeper fines. In Texas, failing to cover your pickup-truck load is against the law and carries a fine of up to $200 for the first offense and $500 for repeat offenders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Any law enforcement officer in Texas can enforce these laws.<\/p>\n<p>These violations are Class C and B Misdemeanors, respectively. More than 5 pounds of trash can carry as much as a $2000 fine and\/or 180 days in jail.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Qkz9MqRWjy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dontmesswithtexas.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Don&#039;t Mess With Texas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dontmesswithtexas.org\/embed\/#?secret=5AaHtHa8Aa#?secret=Qkz9MqRWjy\" data-secret=\"Qkz9MqRWjy\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>More to the point, we have residents here who fall under these categories of littering\/dumping.\u00a0Someone dropped a twin bed mattress and box spring on our common property, not near their house, but dumped it where it most certainly does not belong. We have had problems with illegal dumping here for a while. The City does get involved and we will continue to pursue these individuals.<\/p>\n<p>We spend a lot of man hours cleaning up trash tossed out on the parking areas and common property here. \u00a0Some of it comes from people driving though the complex using it as a &#8220;cut&#8221;. \u00a0Please help us keep our community clean and free from trash on the grass and parking areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The littering laws have changed September 1, 2017. \u00a0Here they are: Littering is against the law and you can be fined up to $500 for trash less than or equal to five pounds or five gallons (as you may have seen on those blue Don\u2019t mess with Texas signs). Repeat the offense, and you could..<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2625\">Read more <span class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-safety","category-littering"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1143,"url":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1143","url_meta":{"origin":2625,"position":0},"title":"Landscaping, Turtles, Littering and Unleashed Dogs","author":"Don Ryan","date":"May 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Landscaping - Due to the torrential rains of late \u00a0and more on the way, we will not be mowing until the ground dries up sufficiently to not cause damage; as it is now, water is standing all over and it makes little sense to mow mud. 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