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BAR launches integrated SimplyGo renewal workflow; industry raises questions about notifications, printing and processing
Summary
BAR demonstrated a new SimplyGo integrated renewal workflow that allows multi‑license payment and backend validation. Industry praised the modernization but asked for clearer renewal notifications, printable license timing, and protections for technician privacy and printing access.
The Bureau of Automotive Repair demonstrated on Jan. 29 a newly integrated online renewal workflow built on the state's SimplyGoV platform, showing features intended to reduce payment errors and streamline renewals for automotive repair dealers (ARDs), SmogCheck stations and technician licenses.
Rebecca Guile, a licensing program manager, walked advisory members through the new workflow: a single session can renew multiple license types, the platform validates the license number against BAR’s back office and returns eligibility and fee amounts, and the system ingests payment and issues an emailed receipt. In examples shown, the ARD annual renewal fee was $200, a test‑and‑repair station fee $100 and a vehicle safety station fee $20; the workflow handled combined payment for multiple child licenses in one transaction.
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