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Senate committee advances $2 DMV donation to fund vision care for low-income residents, punts routing language for amendment
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10 71 to the fourteenth order for possible amendment. The bill would add a voluntary $2 checkoff on driver's license applications to fund Envision Sight, a nonprofit that provides eye exams and eyeglasses to low-income Idahoans who fail vision screenings.
The Senate Transportation Committee voted Thursday to send Senate Bill 10 71 to the committee’s fourteenth order of business for possible amendment after members raised questions about how donated funds would be administered.
Senator Phil Hart of Legislative District 2 introduced the bill, saying it would add a voluntary $2 donation checkoff on driver's license applications to create a fund to pay for eye exams or eyeglasses for low-income people who fail the DMV vision test. "Those people who check the box, those funds would be set aside to pay for low income people who fail a vision test while getting their driver's license and need some sort of eye care services in order to correct…
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