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Department of Revenue: plate production costs low but mailings and demand spike strain highway fund
Summary
Secretary Mark Burkhart told the committee the Department of Revenue pays production and mailing for Kansas plates: production costs $5.17 per unit, mailing about $4.92; plate requests rose 45–50% after the statewide plate replacement project, increasing pressure on a relatively flat highway fund transfer.
Mark Burkhart, Kansas secretary of revenue, told the Committee on Legislative Budget the Department of Revenue pays the costs to produce and mail license plates and that the production contract has been with Center Industries of Wichita since 1975. "The actual production costs for a license plate is, as of yesterday, $5.17 to actually produce the plate," he said, adding mailing averages about $4.92 and varies by ZIP code.
Burkhart said a recent statewide…
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