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Senate committee favors keeping DMV authority to require $29 road‑test deposit pending new system
Summary
The Senate Transportation hearing on March 21 included an amendment to S.123 that preserves DMV authority to charge a $29 reservation/deposit for driver road‑tests to discourage duplicate bookings; the committee gave a favorable straw poll and asked for a draft amendment (3.1).
Senator Thomas Chitenden (Chittenden County) asked the committee on March 21 to restore language in S.123 that preserves the Department of Motor Vehicles’ authority to require a $29 reservation or deposit for scheduled road tests, saying the fee would discourage duplicate bookings and no‑shows.
"There was a concern that this is potentially sacrificing $120,000 in revenue," Senator Chitenden said while summarizing the amendment; he noted the committee’s estimate of about 3,200 no‑shows last year and an illustrative revenue figure if the fee were collected on duplicates.
Andrew Collier, commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, told the committee the agency did not view the fee as a revenue generator but as a means to reduce duplicate bookings and missed…
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