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The DMV’s director, Tanya Laney, and program lead Molly Lennon described progress on vehicle services rolled out so far and asked legislators to approve ongoing budget requests to continue vendor support, buy security tools and fund a technical independent verification and validation (IV&V) review. \"Our transformation efforts intend to modernize legacy systems, thereby improving the efficiency and effectiveness of DMV operations,\" Lennon's prepared remarks said, and Laney told the committee she had been “thrilled to be here today.”

Why it matters: The department says a mainframe migration is the single greatest technical risk to completing DTE and that uncertainty about how much of the 30‑year code base must be refactored contributed to large shifts in the program’s projected cost. That uncertainty affects projected biennial costs, vendor staffing plans and the timeline for moving credentialing services online.

Key facts and program status
- DTE is rolling out vehicle features first; the DMV reported it has processed over 33,000 dealer titles online and more than 10,500 rapid registration applications since August go‑live. Turbo Titles pilots are live in the Sahara and Elko offices, with a fuller expansion slated for April.
- The DTE program account (4716) is staffed with 60 defined positions (29 FTE and 31 contractors) and supports nearly 100 vehicle features planned for delivery by fiscal year 2026 Q4, including specialty plates, online registration payments, disabled placard applications and fleet registration.
- The department says it expects to begin design of credential products (noncommercial driver licenses and IDs) in fiscal year 2027; credential modernization is planned after vehicle core products are in place.
- The DMV previously reported a “worst‑case” planning estimate of roughly $424 million for full transformation, later updated to a current projection of about $287 million; officials said the larger prior figure was a conservative scenario and that estimates will continue to change as mainframe assessment work reveals more detail.

Mainframe migration and MoveIt (budget account 4715)
DMV technical staff and the MoveIt division presented a separate budget request (decision unit E300) to migrate the legacy CARs mainframe to an AWS cloud platform. MoveIt administrator Susie Pollard said the state’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is decommissioning mainframe support and that federal partners (AMVA/AAMVA connections) are retiring mainframe operations in January 2028, creating a deadline pressure to move off the current system.

Pollard told the committee the mainframe is at \"end of faithful life\" and that continued mainframe hosting costs could rise from roughly $3 million per year today to as much as $9 million if DMV became the last agency remaining on state mainframe operations. She said the DMV has completed an in‑depth assessment and will submit an updated budget amendment with final quotes.

Vendor reliance, staffing and transition
Molly Lennon and Susie Pollard described a phased plan to ramp down vendor development and shift work in‑house by the end of fiscal year 2027 for vehicle core products. The DMV intends to hire a transition team of roughly 31 people (existing staff plus a small contingent of contractors) to be upskilled to assume program and technical roles. Lennon noted the program depends on continued contractor and vendor knowledge transfer (including work from implementation partner Slalom) and warned that retention and hiring challenges for skilled staff could affect the pace and cost of transition.

Budget items presented to the committee
- DTE continuation requests: renewals for Salesforce licensing, MuleSoft middleware, ABBYY OCR, Drawbridge (finance), Nintex (templating), Tableau, AWS services and ongoing implementation support (Slalom and others). (Decision unit E550 and related requests)
- One‑time FY26 request for a technical IV&V vendor to validate the future‑state architecture and security tooling.
- Security tooling requests for FY26–27 to improve user and platform monitoring.
- MoveIt decision units: E300 (mainframe lift/refactor to AWS — budget amendment forthcoming), E301 (request to add an unclassified deputy administrator to reduce silos), E302 (continuation of 4 MSA contractors), E349 (replacement of VxRail on‑premises hardware reaching end of life).

Officials emphasized discussion vs. decision: committee members were presented budget requests and project updates; no formal appropriations or votes occurred during the hearing. DMV leaders said any deviations in cost or timeline would be communicated to the Governor’s Finance Office (GFO) and the Legislative Counsel Bureau as needed.

Concerns raised by legislators
Lawmakers questioned wide swings in program cost estimates, the causes of the 2026→2029 shift in planned completion, the degree of reliance on vendors (and on Slalom specifically), and hiring/retention for the in‑house transition team. Assemblymember Watts urged the department to present clearer estimates of ongoing licensing and staffing costs after implementation so the Legislature can anticipate maintenance budgets. Director Laney and Molly Lennon said they would continue to provide updates and that the department had removed a FY25 supplemental highway fund ask after internal adjustments.

What remains uncertain
Officials said the exact scope and cost of the mainframe migration remain contingent on the full assessment and that an updated quote and budget amendment for the MoveIt mainframe lift will be submitted to the Legislature. The timeline for credentialing modernization also depends on successful mainframe integrations and IV&V validation.

Provenance: Committee testimony by Director Tanya Laney, Administrator Molly Lennon and Administrator Susie Pollard; on‑record Q&A with Assemblymembers Anderson, Watts and others.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","3/21/2025 - Senate and Assembly Subcommittee on Public Safety, Natural Resources, and Transportation","oneSentenceSummary","Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles leadership told a joint meeting of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance that a multi‑year Department Transformation Effort (DTE) is shifting many customer services online but remains constrained by a 30‑year mainframe codebase that must be migrated or refactored before the project is complete.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature NV, Nevada","taxId",78440,"location","Nevada","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6627293,"DMV seeks two sworn investigators citing rise in vehicle fraud and safety concerns at administrative hearings",783,6653250,7437205,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2729287-91bff4a99021b71f2f3893cb5a6dcd52&start=6653&end=7437","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2729287-91bff4a99021b71f2f3893cb5a6dcd52/thumbnail_6653250.jpg","/articles/6627293/Nevada/DMV-seeks-two-sworn-investigators-citing-rise-in-vehicle-fraud-and-safety-concerns-at-administrative-hearings","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6627293-bbb8481a0c04bb817405a944cece336c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770970664&Signature=e8E6wVClalQB3sW~AtMchpRRMYVw67RZNfg0FqaEojr89cOFWIDUeuTIF3NCtoZPpnnIjF1-gdhXFMwUHMEIrqUq~N~kzKOx3BkXZgAJdclWNQjUIKMqJLZZXrdNvMcakCL0wMkNR9VrawWuM-IsRY~AhiX4N8jZ-l1-pqCQPX3tbeli7aD88vM~3Y1JKSO6OGznktN~HZw2PnbjJdHafd--vPm19SNHlV6wPPda1bUY5myVmCGHCxRwpnS4r5W4tG9RMVGtb-ALbHkjIUrOhI0ayXAa3cWwG6fE-77NP8av315LcWCgguFNBiP0cG8cJXs7zaPfF1WXwMl~bbTEkw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ Compliance Enforcement Division (CED) asked a joint legislative committee for two additional sworn investigator positions to address increasing stolen‑vehicle investigations, complex fraud cases and safety concerns tied to the DMV’s Office of Administrative Hearings.

CED administrator JD Decker told the joint Ways and Means and Senate Finance committee that the division has seen a roughly 23 percent increase in stolen‑vehicle reports since fiscal year 2021 and a 63 percent increase in personnel hours devoted to investigations over the same baseline. Decker said a recent multi‑agency raid on an illegal salvage operation required 15 officers and large‑scale processing of seized vehicles.

Why it matters: CED enforces licensing and fraud statutes, conducts criminal investigations tied to stolen vehicles and title fraud, and provides security for the DMV’s administrative hearings. Investigations and hearings can directly affect individuals’ ability to drive or to hold occupational licenses.

Hearing security concerns
Chief Administrative Law Judge Jonathan Lord described repeated incidents that raised safety concerns for judges and hearings staff at the Sahara DMV. Lord said the hearings office layout allows visitors unrestricted access to employee‑only areas and that hearings often take place around a conference table within arm’s reach of the judge. Incidents include a physical assault of an employee, parties taking photos of personal items in judges’ offices, a reported suspected concealed firearm, and repeated confrontations and intimidation attempts by agitated parties.

Judge Lord recommended a proactive approach to safety. CED said one of the two requested sworn investigators would primarily focus on motor vehicle fraud and criminal activity while the other would be available to augment security for administrative hearings; CED indicated hearings are covered by a rotation policy so assignments to court duties would not permanently remove investigators from field investigations.

Legislative questions and coordination
Lawmakers asked whether the new positions would reduce the backlog; Decker said two additional investigators would allow the division to assign aged cases and spread workload so field investigations and hearings security are both supported. Decker also confirmed the division coordinates closely with local law enforcement and task forces such as Metro Viper on stolen vehicle investigations.

Provenance: Testimony by JD Decker and Chief Administrative Law Judge Jonathan Lord before the joint committee; Q&A with Assemblymembers Hibbetts, Dickman and Mosca.","The DMV’s Compliance Enforcement Division asked the Legislature for two additional sworn investigators, citing an increase in stolen‑vehicle and complex fraud cases and growing safety concerns for judges and staff at the Sahara DMV hearings office.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6627299,"Nevada Live insurance portal slated for tighter integrations as DMV ties verification to transformation and mainframe work",294,6194760,6489550,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2729287-91bff4a99021b71f2f3893cb5a6dcd52&start=6194&end=6489","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2729287-91bff4a99021b71f2f3893cb5a6dcd52/thumbnail_6194760.jpg","/articles/6627299/Nevada/Nevada-Live-insurance-portal-slated-for-tighter-integrations-as-DMV-ties-verification-to-transformation-and-mainframe-work","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6627299-ca7f9271ec2298fc847ef58c82036747/orig.mp4?Expires=1770970664&Signature=BKVIVXteOhawHORGm8zcBKkizY3~RVy-lXMCCabgiTHfwO7qi9Ht2A4VarYiDsv6BaOLD7f0qCvUeslmmsSH-1Dm93cqkNgqE0S5~VHj-L-7d6SsHh47BC9wibIPCRJ~KbQw8JMvMaRh2jsowwg3zX7vxwlDYcf240fk-CHT7-cz6NjUX-q3QGmcilxDfrqw0oUii0WU3gXdLLT2knsqTCg~D4qLtDRcR3yHulky10mn5JNXbhLe76pvAm2nZMJ0dV5by-7nD6Xoopu3k2c7bXf9g8-t-bD-KdgawNmt3wNSEejlba3ScBUhCGWWEoi44r38oJkAbSrrelhPJw9XaA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Nevada DMV’s Nevada Liability Insurance Validated Electronically (NV Live) program presented its budget account (4731) to the joint Ways and Means and Senate Finance committee, reporting ongoing work to integrate insurer feeds into the department’s future state and to move insurance verification toward real‑time updates.

Administrator Jessica Vargas said Nevada Live is staffed with 21 FTE and that the program is funded by fees; revenue in excess of operational costs is redirected to the highway fund. The DMV asked for continuation of the MB Solutions contract and ongoing licensing for a shared vehicle‑worth database used by field staff.

Why it matters: NV Live provides critical real‑time insurance verification that affects enforcement, notices and reinstatements. Officials said improved integrations will make it easier to notify customers of lapses and reduce manual SR‑22/SR‑26 processing.

Program details and timeline
- NV Live currently receives insurance data and is moving toward integrated, near‑real‑time verification through MB Solutions (MBS). Officials said MBS will improve latency and provide real‑time coverage notifications to customers and staff.
- The NV Live homegrown solution sits on DMV’s legacy CARs mainframe; full decommissioning of that legacy instance is contingent on completion of the MoveIt mainframe lift/refactor. DMV staff said the goal remains to complete mainframe migration by fiscal year 2027 but noted that timing depends on the MoveIt assessment and OCIO coordination.
- Decision units presented for account 4731 included E231 (technical enhancement — fee funded), E300 (continuation funding for MB Solutions), and E301 (ongoing licensing for the shared vehicle worth database). No formal appropriations were taken during the hearing; the items were budget requests for committee consideration.

Officials and legislators discussed integration risks and the dependency on the mainframe migration. Molly Lennon told lawmakers that some integrations are already complete and that the NV Live insurance portal is live with proofs of concept; remaining feature work is scheduled through FY26 and into FY27 for enhancements to SR‑22 and SR‑26 handling.

Provenance: Testimony by Jessica Vargas and follow‑up by Molly Lennon; Q&A with legislators focused on integration timing and the tie between NV Live’s decommission and the mainframe lift.","The DMV told legislators that NV Live (insurance verification) is being modernized and will integrate with both legacy systems and the new DTE platform; full decommission of the legacy NV Live instance depends on the mainframe migration targeted for FY2027.","actionData","errors"]

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