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DMV to pass 2.3% credit-card processing fee to customers, commissioner says
Summary
Vermont DMV Commissioner Andrew Collier told the Senate Transportation Committee the agency will begin passing a 2.3% credit-card processing fee to customers in a rollout starting in May with a June 1 budget 'red line,' while maintaining no-fee alternatives such as ACH, checks and in-person cash where possible.
Andrew Collier, commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, told the Senate Transportation Committee that the DMV will stop absorbing a 2.3% credit-card processing fee and begin passing that cost to customers as part of its FY2027 budget implementation. Collier said the change will be rolled out "towards the May" network update and that June 1 is the committee's "red line" for the budget timing to avoid an estimated shortfall.
"There's no money being made," Collier said, adding that "this is the cost for the…
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