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changes
made.
Insurance
bill passes
state House
AUSTIN (AP) — An insurance
bill touted as a compromise that
will help stabilize rates was
unanimously approved by the
House on Thursday and for
warded to the Senate.
House members adopted the
measure,
billed as a
compromise
between in
dustry and
consumer in
terests, by a
143-0 vote.
After win
ning tentative
approval
Wednesday in
the House,
Gov. Ann
Richards
called the leg
islation "a remarkable achieve
ment" and promised to sign it
into law if approved by the Sen
ate without any substantial
changes.
House Speaker Gib Lewis, D-
Fort Worth, said the proposal
was "one of the most significant
pieces of legislation that has
passed here in many years."
The legislation would reorga
nize the State Board of Insur
ance, establish an insurance
fraud investigation unit, require
insurers to settle claims within
30 days and expand the power of
the state's consumer advocate.
Also, the bill would set up
new rate regulation of so-called
Lloyd's companies thaft have
been grabbing an increasing
share of homeowners' policies.
Reps. Eddie Cavazos, D-Cor-
pus Christi, and Mark Stiles, D-
Beaumont, co-authors of the bill,
said the measure may even re
duce auto insurance rates.
The bill would require motor
ists to have proof of liability in
surance when applying for their
annual vehicle registration or ve
hicle safety inspection, or when
renewing their driver's license.
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Nerd House
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Groups plan
to sue city
over at-large
council seats
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — At-
large districts limit minority rep
resentation on Corpus Christi's
city council, according to two
civil rights groups planning to
sue the city.
Officials with the Mexican
American Legal Defense and Ed
ucational Fund and Texas Rural
Legal Aid have said they plan to
file suit before the end of May to
force the city to add more single
member district seats.
They plan to file the lawsuit
despite a bill filed this week in
the Legislature that would allow
the city to change its system,
said Judith Sanders-Castro, di
rector of MALDEF's national po
litical access program.
Sanders-Castro said the bill
filed by state Rep. Hugo Ber-
langa, D-Corpus Christi, is inad
equate because it fails to force
the council to make changes.
Without the bill, the City Charter
otherwise prevents the council
from making changes until 1993.
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas
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uct that reportedly dissolves
plastic foam could help cure the
major problem with such prod
ucts: tne amount of space they
take up in the state's crowded
landfills.
A new liquid, called Styro
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{ products such as Styrofoam,
eaving a recyclable plastic pud
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and has been manufacturing it
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more economical way of dispos
ing of foam plastic," Hadan said.
"Now that we can reduce it to a
recyclable state, we can keep it
out of the landfills. If it does end
up in the landfills it will take up
considerably less space."
Lightweight plastic foam
products are used mostly for
food packaging and storage.
They are being rejected by many
environmentally conscious indi
viduals and businesses because
they aren't biodegradable, said
Tucker Sutherland, a special as
sistant with the Texas General
Land Office.
"The big problem is that it
(plastic foam) takes so much
space in landfills," Sutherland
said. "It is a major problem. This
(Styro Solve) could be a major
step."
Recycling plastic foam has
long been considered too expen
sive because of the cost of trans
porting the bulky product to re
cycling centers, he said.
But with the exception of the
disposal problem, plastic foam
products are safer tor the envi
ronment than paper or glass, Su
therland said. Plastic foam is cre
ated with little energy or water,
and contains or releases no air
contaminants when properly
manufactured and disposed.
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Judge says contractor
owes farm workers
minimum-level wages
EL PASO (AP) — A federal judge who called the plight of chili
pickers a picture of abject poverty ruled in their favor in a class-ac
tion lawsuit the laborers filed against a contractor for unpaid
wages.
U.S. District Court Judge Lucius Bunton awarded 82 farm
workers $35,406 in the lawsuit they filed against contractor John
W. Gasper, who hired workers to pick chili from fields owned by
Deming, N.M., farmer Darrell McCauley.
Bunton found Gasper failed to keep adequate payroll records,
didn't follow federal rules that require posting information on their
employment, wages and rights and violated minimum wage laws.
"This is, indeed, a very sad situation," Bunton said in com
ments in his decision. "The plaintiff's misery and their situation in
life has been noted by the Court, and this lawsuit is a sad commen
tary on the use of resources in the Southwest."
Mark Schneider, managing attorney for Texas Rural Legal Aid
Inc., said Thursday the ruling is probably the first to award farm
workers for time they spent waiting for buses that carry them to
the fields and for time they spent traveling to the fields.
Schneider's elation over the decision was tempered, however,
because Gasper has filed for Chapter 13 protection from creditors
under federal bankruptcy laws.
"He's claiming bankruptcy," Schneider said, adding that he'll
contest the filing. "We think he's hiding his assets. We're not going
to rest until we get every penny from this judgment."
Donald Leslie, Gasper's bankruptcy attorney, was with a client
when called for comment by the Associated Press.
The class-action lawsuit was originally filed in 1986 on behalf of
800 workers, but the class later was narrowed to 82. The lawsuit,
heard in a two-day March trial, alleged Gasper violated the Fair La
bor Standards Act and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural
Workers Protection Act.
The largest award was $8,905 to Sixta Cadena Garcia, who testi
fied during the trial.
Chili peppers are New Mexico's largest cash food crop and a
portion of the workers who pick the crop live on the outskirts of
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.