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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chairman: Martin E. Williams

Clerk: Bonnie W. Shelhorse
Staff: Alan Wambold, Stephanie Bishop
Date of Meeting: February 15, 2005
Time and Place: immed.after adjournment/Old Senate Chamber

H.B. 1563 DMV; assessment of additonal fees on certain drivers.

Patron: Rust

Assessment of fees by Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on certain drivers; use of fees collected.  Requires the DMV Commissioner to impose and collect fees on drivers who have accumulated more than four net driver demerit points or have been convicted of reckless driving, aggressive driving, driving on a suspended or revoked license, DUI, or any other misdemeanor involving operation of a motor vehicle. Annually, the first $40 million of these fees, minus cost of collection, will be directed to the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund and the remainder will be directed to the Local Congestion Mitigation Incentive Fund. The bill incorporates HB1564.

H.B. 2596 Rail Enhancement Fund; portion of tax on motor vehicle rentals to be deposited therein.

Patron: May

Rail Enhancement Fund and Rail Advisory Board.  Establishes the Rail Advisory Board and changes the name of the Railway Preservation and Development Fund to the Rail Enhancement Fund, and dedicates to this Fund the additional $2 fee charged by the Department of Motor Vehicles for furnishing information under Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles) and a portion of the tax on motor vehicle rentals.

H.B. 2664 Driver's license; imposition of additional fee for reinstatement.

Patron: McDonnell

Driver's license reinstatement fees.  Imposes an additional $60 fee for reinstatement of suspended or revoked driver's licenses. Proceeds of this additional fee are to be paid into the Trauma Center Fund for the purpose of defraying the costs of providing emergency medical care to victims of automobile accidents attributable to alcohol or drug use.