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Deputy registrars and auto dealers warn privatized BMV network needs fee increases to stay viable
Summary
Leaders representing Ohio deputy registrars and auto dealer deputy-registrar operators told the committee that stagnant fees and rising operating costs are forcing closures in the privatized Bureau of Motor Vehicles network and asked the Senate to approve modest increases to deputy registrar transaction fees.
Representatives of the Ohio Deputy Registrar's Association and dealer-affiliated deputy registrars told the committee the state's privatized deputy-registrar network faces rising wage, rent and supply costs while transaction fees have been virtually unchanged for two decades.
John Degenbach, chairman of the Ohio Deputy Registrar's Association and a deputy registrar in Dayton, testified that deputy registrars are small…
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