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License-bureau operators seek $3 fee increase and distribution fund; opponents urge bringing offices in-house
Summary
Representative Dave Hinman told the Missouri House Committee on General Laws that House Bill 207 would raise certain license‑bureau service fees by $3 and create a License Office Distribution Fund to help struggling rural and low‑volume contract offices.
Representative Dave Hinman presented House Bill 207 to the House Committee on General Laws, proposing a targeted fee increase and a new License Office Distribution Fund intended to steady revenue for privately operated Department of Revenue contract license offices across Missouri.
Hinman told the committee the bill would increase certain service fees by $3 and split that increase so that $2 would remain with the local license bureau and $1 would go into the new distribution fund, which would be divided equally among license bureaus statewide. The bill also would restrict the director of the Department of Revenue from awarding a fee-office contract to an entity affiliated with a current DOR employee or to a former DOR employee for…
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