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Senate considers $1.25 registration fee to shore up county‑run DMV offices; sponsor says bill will add roughly $4 million a year
Summary
Senator Wilson introduced a first substitute to Senate Bill 210 that would create a permanent, per‑transaction distribution to counties that operate motor vehicle registration services and would increase the registration fee by $1.25 to support those distributions. Sponsor described county shortfalls and listed counties that would receive money.
Senator Wilson presented the first substitute to Senate Bill 210, proposing a permanent distribution to counties that operate their own motor vehicle registration offices and a $1.25 increase in registration fees to fund the change.
Wilson told the Senate that many counties currently subsidize local DMV services and that the county contract rates have not kept pace with rising personnel and operating costs. "Cache County is paying between 800,000 and a million dollars a year and have for a number of years," Wilson said, and told senators the measure would recognize the statewide nature of DMV…
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