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Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 01:40:59 AM CDT
Subject: Fw: state law on littering that endangers safety of others
June 24, 2020
Dear State Representative Cole,
I have also sent courtesy carbon-copies (see above) on all of this (see below) to other public officials and cultural leaders.
I look forward to receiving a reply letter from you at your earliest opportunity.
Best Wishes from a law-abiding, gainfully-employed, single adult Anglo male constituent of yours,
John Kevin McMillan of northeast Austin.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
John Kevin McMillan
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Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 12:50:26 PM CDT
Subject: Re: state law on littering that endangers safety of others
June 23, 2020
Dear State Representative Cole,
Best Wishes to you as you strive to respond in writing in polite and helpful manner to each of your current constituents' public-policy-related questions or concerns.
As you may be aware, you are the only current state legislator who directly and officially represents me in the Texas Legislature, since State Senator Kirk Watson retired this year and no replacement for Senator Watson has been selected by the voters yet. I reside in your legislative district.
Rep. Cole, do you know of any current state law in Texas that either specifically prohibits or that specifically imposes an additional criminal-law penalty for littering on public property that endangers the safety of others?
I often find it very challenging when I walk on the public sidewalk two or more blocks north of my apartment complex along the eastern side of North Plaza Drive. Numerous shards of glass from broken bottles---primarily from broken beer bottles---are scattered at numerous portions of the sidewalk during my daily walk to and from the bus stop in my neighborhood.
Rep. Cole, I would appreciate a reply letter from you in response to my hopefully-polite question to you today.
Incidentally, I have made a recent phone call to Austin 311 staff members to request that the City Government of Austin please post a warning sign along North Plaza Drive about one block south of Rundberg Lane that warns persons who litter there--such as by smashing a beer bottle onto the sidewalk---that they can be fined for pursuing that reckless and unconscionable activity there. The City of Austin Transportation Department has sent me an initial reply e-mail note on that:
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From: Barkley, Stephen <stephen.barkley@austintexas.gov>
To: mcmillanj@att.net <mcmillanj@att.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 02:23:39 PM CDT
Subject: Service Request #20-00237862
The Austin Transportation Department has received your request and will assign it to an engineering tech that will contact you within 10 business days. If you have not been contacted within 10 business days, please contact 311 so they may provide you with the staff members name and contact information.
Austin Transportation Department
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I have also called Austin 311 on several occasions to report to the City of Austin the bottle-smashing-related hazardous-walking conditions on the public sidewalk that I and numerous others are walking on each day along the eastern side of North Plaza Drive north of my apartment complex and one or more blocks south of Rundberg Lane.
Thank you in advance for your helpful reply letter. And incidentally, I would also like to take this opportunity to again politely ask you in writing whether you support safe and crime-free housing conditions, including during the nighttime hours, for all of your constituents, including myself?
As you know, I am still awaiting a reply letter from you in response to that major and very pertinent public-policy question as well.
Best Wishes from a former full-time newspaper reporter in Texas and former full-time employee of the Texas Department of Public Safety,
John Kevin McMillan.
My home address ever since June 21, 2019:
Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Bldg. 17, Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.
John Kevin McMillan
On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 10:31:55 AM CDT, Reference Desk wrote:
Thank you for contacting the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (STLAC).
We received your question about littering laws in Texas.
For assistance with your specific questions, please contact the Texas State Law Library (SLL) or your county law library. For information concerning SLL and their services, please visit their website: https://www.sll.texas.gov/about-us/public-services/ask-a-librarian/
A listing of county law libraries is available from the SLL website at: https://www.sll.texas.gov/self-help/where-to-go-for-help/law-libraries-of-texas/
Although we are unable to assist you, we can direct you to links for Texas and federal laws and regulations: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/index.html#laws
Since we are neither attorneys nor a law library, our assistance is limited to referring our remote patrons to these online collections of statutory laws.
If you do not find the laws you seek in the sources mentioned above, it is possible that there are not statutory laws specifically covering this situation. We cannot confirm the existence or non-existence of laws, whether they are administrative, case, or statutory.
You may also wish to contact the Texas Department of Public Safety: https://www.dps.texas.gov/contact.htm
We hope this information will be helpful to you.
Library Staff
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From: John McMillan
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:44 PM
To: Reference Desk
Subject: re: state law on littering that endangers safety of others
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:44 PM
To: Reference Desk
Subject: re: state law on littering that endangers safety of others
June 17, 2020
Dear Reference Librarians at the Texas State Library,
I would appreciate finding out from you whether there is currently a state law in Texas that specifically prohibits and imposes a fine for the littering of items --- such as through the smashing of broken bottles --- onto a public sidewalk in a context that directly or indirectly endangers the safety of others (pedestrians, joggers, runners, bicyclists, or tricyclists attempting to walk, jog, run, bicycle, or tricycle on that public sidewalk).
Thank you in advance for your very helpful reply note to me on this.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
John Kevin McMillan.
8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
John Kevin McMillan
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