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Committee hears DMV estimates for raising towing/title reimbursement to $250
Summary
Department of Motor Vehicles finance staff told the House Transportation committee that increasing the reimbursement from $125 to $250 would likely push the DMV line item above the current $40,000 budget (roughly a $60,000 increase at 400 reimbursements; up to $210,000 if reimbursed cases reach 1,000). The committee debated which vehicle categories the change would cover and which agency would absorb the cost.
Reneota, director of finance at the Department of Motor Vehicles, told the House Transportation committee on April 2 that raising the reimbursement rate for towing and title processing from $125 to $250 would increase DMV expenditures beyond the current $40,000 line item.
Reneota said the DMV reimbursed 157 cases in fiscal 2024 (impact about $19,285) and around $32,000 in fiscal 2025. Under the committee’s current budgeting assumption — roughly 400 reimbursements — moving to $250 per reimbursement would raise expenditures by about $60,000; if reimbursements rose to 1,000 cases, the increase…
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