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State Police face multimillion‑dollar shortfall after OMV fee changes; lawmakers press for troop‑by‑troop impact
Summary
Appropriations members were told a projected $50.8 million undercollection tied to Office of Motor Vehicles reinstatement fee changes will reduce State Police resources; officials said the figure may now be higher and described operational impacts and overtime history.
House Appropriations members were warned April 7 that a recent change affecting motor‑vehicle fee collections and a persistent mainframe outage together have created a large revenue shortfall that hits State Police budgets statewide.
“Of the FY25 projection of $81,600,000 budgeted, they are estimated to under collect 50,800,000,” the House Fiscal Division slide said, summarizing how changes to reinstatement fee collections flow to State Police. Zion Wilson explained the change: “With revisions based on Act 629, it authorized OMV to settle debt referrals to ODR and to avoid litigation, and that would be reduced to the original amount owed.”
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Burns, the State Police…
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