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Faith groups, legal aid and residents urge committee to reject DMV license suspensions for unpaid state tax debt
Summary
Witnesses opposed a provision in House Bill 7,264 that would authorize the DMV to withhold or suspend driver's licenses and registrations for people who owe state taxes, saying suspensions would disproportionately harm low-income communities and limit people's ability to work and repay debts.
Several witnesses told the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee they oppose a provision in House Bill 7,264 that would allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to withhold issuance or renewal of driver's licenses and registrations for individuals who owe state taxes, penalties or interest.
Rodney Moore, one of the chairs of the criminal legal reform team for CONNECT (Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut), testified in opposition and described the policy as a poverty trap. Moore cited a Harvard Law School report and state data, saying Connecticut had 389,000 driver's licenses suspended in 2022 and that at least 30% of suspensions for failure to…
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