Vermont DMV commissioner explains data-sharing, Tyler Tech role and revenue to House panel

Andrew Collier, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, told the House Energy Digital Infrastructure Committee on April 30 that the DMV shares driver and vehicle information under the federal Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) and Vermont statute and that some datasets are handled by a statutorily authorized vendor, Tyler Tech.

Collier said the three-year driver-record product commonly used by insurance companies is operated under statute through Tyler Tech. "Tyler Tech gets $4, per record, and then, it's a $17 fee. They get $4 of that when they sell it record, and then the state keeps that difference, $13 on the record side," Collier said. He told lawmakers Tyler Tech processed about 99,000 three-year driver-record calls last year and that Tyler Tech's share generated roughly $780,000; Collier said the state's total receipts tied to the larger Tyler Tech arrangement…