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DMV director urges proviso change or $42.7M to fund IT modernization
Summary
South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Director Shwedo told the Senate Finance transportation subcommittee the DMV needs either authority to raise certain fees under a change to proviso 82.2 or $42.73 million in nonrecurring funds plus $7 million recurring to complete a five-year modernization and sustainment program.
Director Shwedo, director of the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, told the Senate Finance Committee’s Transportation Regulatory Subcommittee on May 20 that the DMV needs a funding path to replace aging IT systems and improve security.
Shwedo said the department is proposing three funding options but recommended changing proviso 82.2 so the DMV could collect higher fees for specific products to pay for modernization. "This proviso...may not exceed the rate that the department charged in 02/2001," he told senators, saying the proviso keeps many DMV fees frozen at levels set more than two decades ago.
The nut graf: Shwedo said the DMV can fund a comprehensive five-year modernization if lawmakers either (a) amend the proviso to permit higher fees for a narrow set of products, letting the DMV keep revenue above the $6 baseline that currently flows to…
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