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In 2023, the Texas Legislature unanimously passed a law raising auto insurance costs for Texans by $1 to combat rampant catalytic converter theft.
Three years later, a little-known state agency has devoted at least $30 million of that fee toward supercharging the state’s Flock surveillance network, placing cameras along highways and streets from El Paso to the Louisiana border,
an analysis by The Texas Tribune found.
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The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority, led by a board mostly appointed by Gov.
Greg Abbott
, has turned the $1 fee (EN)

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🔗 **原文链接**: [Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money pai](https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-flock-cameras-auto-insurance-fee-mvcpa-grants/)
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