Plate Revenue Would Keep DL Sites Open

Revenue collected from the reissuance of Oklahoma license plates will go toward ensuring driver’s license testing sites do not have to close this year, House Republican leaders said today.

House Bill 3326, which is pending before the governor, would redesign and reissue license plates to all Oklahomans when they renew their annual tag in 2010. The new plate will not cost Oklahomans any additional money over their annual tag fee unless they want to keep their current license plate number. The fee to keep the same number will be $15, and is expected to bring in over $2 million in new revenue.

The Department of Public Safety is considering reducing their number of driver’s license examination stations from 59 to 27.

House Bill 2348 passed out of the House GCCA committee today and would dedicate that new revenue to DPS to keep all their testing sites open for at least the next year until legislators can further study the issue and develop a long-term solution, said Rep. Ken Miller, author of the bill.

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