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Kansas revenue committee hears that digital license‑plate conversion drove sustained demand and higher production costs
Summary
Officials told the Kansas Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee the March 2024 switch from embossed to digitally printed plates led to sustained, higher-than-expected demand, prompting supplemental requests totaling $4 million for plate production and $2.5 million for driver ID implementation costs.
The Kansas Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation was told that a statewide replacement of embossed license plates with digitally printed plates, begun in March 2024 and initially funded with ARPA dollars, produced an enduring increase in demand that pushed production costs well above budgeted levels.
"The previous average prior to this replacement program was about 44,000 plates produced each month and is currently averaging at about 64,000 plates produced each month," the committee heard from the fiscal analyst presenting the Department of Revenue materials. Analysts showed production spikes…
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