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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1980 Page 7 k )ther, Margie have the but said hen because I nets Illegalparkers beware Police issuing tickets By JENNIFER AFFLERBACH Battalion Staff ; A word of warning to those stu dents who have made it so far with out getting a parking sticker or a parking ticket — the free ride is over. As of Monday, tickets are being jsued for illegal parking in student king areas, although the emph- is will remain on staff parking lots, Thomas Parsons, director of Security and traffic with the Univer sity Police. f The Texas A&M University Motor Vehicle Regulations state that all vehicles must be registered within 48 hours after arrival on campus. Bowever, during the first week of lasses, the University Police did not ite out tickets for cars parked in Student lots without displaying the roper sticker, Parsons said. Not only are tickets being issued, but now the fine costs more, if An increase in ticket fees took effect Sept. 1, raising the fine for a parking violation from $5 to $10 and a ;atedly told!!’ he assassinatkl on was “an age :e sent to Slid i or. is Morningm that two weehl red, an atten Justice Depaifetj •suade Roteri it cremation, Jers, now a I i U.S. attonttl at a letter toDej, eneral Nichoki ; “desecration ai lossibility." 1 tzenbach "tod all that theM > no interest ill Ins preserydl rest, Sandena I can do, as inly to have the i; ; encourage wi ther Oswald tes' remated." | so reported lk| I \ am n Connnii United Press International Director j i:; KERRVILLE — Waters from ictant to exam* tjay-long rains triggered by tropical with a ClArd Jtorm Danielle glutted creeks and i said the Cl.'f||fi vers i n the Hill Country Monday, determine The rains, which fell steadily for 24 s left arm,aife hours beginning Saturday, mea- ^orps gun acdg» ure( J more than 10 inches in some tl during asBgljreas and averaged between 5 and 8 soviet Union, ■(inches across much of the Hill lountry. Volunteer firefighters evacuated I families from their homes along was “a fatal ,Parker Creek in D’Hanis in western aosedly spell Medina County as the creek left its overing from banks. a Moscow hoi: The Guadalupe and Medina rivers n spent by hi : reached flood stage Sunday, but " earth dried by the extended summer drought soaked up acres of water and [the rivers had receded by early Monday. moving violation from $10 to $20. Parsons said he opposes the fee increase. The increase was a recom mendation of the University Traffic Panel and not the Police Depart ment, he added. “We get all the flack,” he said, referring to the complaints received from people who come to the Police Department to pay tickets. Parsons suggested that the panel’s reason for the rate increase was to deter parking illegally since a dou bled fine “hurts twice as bad.” The money raised from tickets and parking permits goes into a Parking Reserve Account which is used to pay for further construction of park ing lots, Parsons said. Approximately $660,000 from that account were used to construct 511 additional parking spaces at Kyle Field, he said. Parsons said that 40 percent of his operating budget also comes from that money, while 60 percent comes from state appropriations. A free shuttle bus service between campus and the all-permits parking lots west of Wellborn Road is oper ated out of the Parking Reserve funds as well. Although the shuttle bus runs about every 10 minutes, it is fairly empty. Parsons said, since only 50 to 100 cars park in those lots, although they have 801 available spaces. “It’s hard to justify additional parking when there is parking not being used,” he said. Meanwhile, other parking lots are overflowing. Parsons said Lot 50 next to Zachry Engineering Building is “the biggest mess that we have. “People are parking all over the grass out there.” The staff and dorm lots are also full most of the time, he said. Parsons expressed frustration at the loss of Lot 23 behind Aston Hall to the construction of a modular dorm. “We keep adding to our popula tion and where do we add it — in our parking lots,” he said. MCAT ^ LSAT.GRE f GRE PSYCH/ GRE BIO / DAT •VAT/ . GMAT / ' / N[ OCAT / | mat /npbi SAT /NLE F^TOEFL / NMB I IJI, HI r ECFMG FLEX VQE NOB r v=? TEST PREPARATION SPECIALISTS SINCE 1938 I Tropical storm brings new flooding in the Hill Country sing the mallet said the CIA mse if the lolice custody ashed, etc, But there was concern that more rain might heighten the threat of flooding. Though the southern half of the state has been soaked by rains pro duced by Hurricane Allen and then tropical storm Danielle, the north ern half is still locked in the drought. National Weather Service forecas ters said 0.8 inches of rain fell at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Sunday. “As tropical storms move inland,” a spokesmen said, “they lose wind speed and some other characteris tics, but Danielle will maintain its moisture another day or so,” Several low-water crossings in Kerr, Bandera and Kendall counties were closed Sunday after an after noon deluge sent creeks on the ram page. No injuries or major property damage were reported. San Antonio, to the south, received rains ranging from 0.75 of an inch to IVi inches. 5|oAt)20y-H. KAPLAN Educational Center Call Days Evenings & Weekends LSAT and GRE Classes form ing for Decem ber exams 696-3196 707 Texas Ave. C-301 College Station 77840 In Dallas: 11617 N. 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Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m. 601 Rudder Tower PUBLIC NOTICE BRIEF EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4. 1980 PROPOSITION NO. 1 ON THE BALLOT Senate Joint Resolution 35 proposes a constitution al amendment that would authorize the Legislature to permit banks to estab lish and operate un manned teller machines within the county or city where the banks are lo cated and to share the use of teller machines on a basis consistent with anti trust laws, if it finds such operation will serve the convenience of the public. The Legislature has al ready passed enabling leg islation (H.B. 1510) for this proposed amendment. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment permitting the legislature to au thorize banks to use un manned teller machines within the county or the city of their domicile on a shared basis to serve the public convenience.” PROPOSITION NO. 2 ON THE BALLOT House Joint Resolution 97 proposes a constitution al amendment that would grant the State and the accused the right to an in terlocutory appeal from the following trial court rulings in criminal cases: pretrial rulings on the constitutionality of a stat ute; on a motion to quash, dismiss, or set aside an indictment; and on a mo tion to suppress evidence. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment authorizing appeal of certain pre trial rulings of a trial court in a criminal case by either the state or the accused.” PROPOSITION NO. 3 ON THE BALLOT House Joint Resolution 98 proposes a constitution al amendment that would require a single appraisal of all property subject to ad valorem taxation and would provide for a single board of equalization with in each county. The con stitutional requirement that the county commis sioners court sit. as a board of equalization would be eliminated, and elected officials of the county or governing body of the taxing unit would be prohibited from serv ing as members of the board of equalization. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment requiring a single appraisal and a single board of equal ization within each county for ad valorem tax purposes.” PROPOSITION NO. 4 ON THE BALLOT Senate Joint Resolution 18 proposes a constitution al amendment that would allow the Legislature to authorize the conduct of bingo games by certain specified groups for chari table purposes, subject to the limitations that opera tion of the games must be approved in local option elections and that all pro ceeds must be spent in Texas. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment to authorize bingo games on a local option election basis if the games are conduct ed by a church, syna gogue, religious society, volunteer fire depart ment, nonprofit veterans organization, fraternal organization, or non profit organization sup porting medical research or treatment programs and if the proceeds are to be spent in Texas for charitable purposes of the organizations.” PROPOSITION NO. 5 ON THE BALLOT House Joint Resolution 86 proposes a constitution al amendment that would allow the Legislature to authorize the Governor to exercise fiscal control over the expenditure of certain appropriated funds, sub ject to any conditions and limitations provided by law and subject to the ap proval of a budget execu tion cpipinittee that would be composed of the Gov ernor, Lieutenant Gover nor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chair man and Vice-chairman of the Senate Finance Com mittee, and Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Com mittee on Appropriations of the House of Repre sentatives. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment to grant the governor power to exer cise fiscal control over the expenditure of ap propriated funds as pro vided by law.” PROPOSITION NO. 6 ON THE BALLOT Senate Joint Resolution 8 proposes a constitution al amendment that would allow the Governor who appointed a previously confirmed official to re move that official from office subject to the ad vice and consent of the Senate; and if the Legis lature is not in session, to call a special session of the Senate which may last no longer than 2 days for consideration of the re moval. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment to authorize the governor to remove appointed officers with the advice and consent of the senate.” PROPOSITION NO. 7 ON THE BALLOT House Joint Resolution 121 proposes a constitu tional amendment that would authorize counties with a population of 5000 or less to construct and maintain private roads if they impose a reasonable charge for the work. The Legislature by general law may limit this au thority. Revenue received from private road work may be used only for the construction, including right-of-way acquisition, or maintenance of public roads. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment authorizing counties with a popula tion of 5000 or less to perform private road work.” PROPOSITION NO. 8 ON THE BALLOT Senate Joint Resolution 36 proposes a constitution al amendment that would change the jurisdiction and authority of the State’s appellate courts. The amendment would change the name of the Courts of Civil Appeals to Courts of Appeal and pro vide that these courts have intermediate appel late jurisdiction over both criminal and civil cases. The amendment would change titles for the As sociate Justices of the Su preme Court to Justices and would require mem bers of the Supreme Court to be attorneys li censed in this state while holding office. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment to change the name of the Courts of Civil Appeals and the names and qualifica tions of the justices of the Supreme Court and to prescribe the juris diction and authority of the appellate courts.” PROPOSITION NO. 9 ON THE BALLOT House Joint Resolution 54 proposes a constitution al amendment which de fines separate property owned by either spouse as all property, both real and personal, of a spouse owned or claimed before marriage, and that ac quired afterward by gift, devise or descent. Persons about to marry and spouses, without the in tent to defraud pre-exist ing creditors, may by written instrument from time to time partition be tween themselves all or part of their property. Spouses may exchange a community interest in property owned or to be acquired for a community interest in other commu nity property. The amend ment would allow spouses to agree in writing that income or property aris ing from any separate property is to be separate property rather than as community property as it would be in the absence of an agreement. The amendment proposes that a gift from one spouse to another is presumed to in clude all income or prop erty deriving from such gift. The proposed amend ment will appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment allowing spouses to agree that income or property aris ing from separate prop erty is to be separate property.” for your prize-winning AGGIEUND 1981 YOUR individual photo, on the pages of the nation’s largest, and one of the best, university yearbooks, THE AGGIELAND, will be something you’ll want to keep forev er. Please plan to take just a few minutes out of your busy schedule — at the time listed below for your name and class — for a few quick poses. 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