Should you be caught driving with a suspended license under Texas law you will be charged with a misdemeanor criminal offense. While first time offenders will likely never see the inside of a jail cell for such a crime, you could end up paying severe fines and having your license suspended for an even longer amount of time.

Fine amounts and costs are subject to change. For fine amounts not listed, call 311 or (713) 837-0311 Telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) call 311 or (713) 247-8591 Also visit the city of Houston municipal court website at WWW.HOUSTONCOURTS.ORG

Under Texas law the crime of theft—though certainly a criminal charge—can be rather broad. The crime of theft can encompass taking something from a retail store to writing bad checks or accepting property you know to be stolen. The penalties for the crime of theft will depend largely on the worth of the item which is unlawfully taken—you could pay a simple fine or could end up in prison for a significant length of time.

In September of 2011 the Texas legislature amended the Lone Star State’s drug laws by adding both bath salts and synthetic marijuana to the Texas Controlled Substances Act. Now punishable under Penalty Group 2A, adding any amount of a synthetic chemical which is a known cannabinoid receptor, mimicking the effect of natural marijuana could result in an arrest.

Johnson & Johnson has announced that its subsidiary company DePuy issued a voluntarily recall of their ASR hip implant due to a number of patients who required a second hip replacement procedure, called a revision surgery.