Introduced
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To repeal the “driver responsibility fees” (“bad driver tax”) that are imposed for driving with a suspended or no license, or operating without insurance, and cease all collections for past-due taxes imposed for those convictions. However, the bill would authorize a new $1,000 surtax for causing an injury while driving with a suspended or no license. A person whose license was previously suspended for failing to pay this tax on the deleted violations could apply to have the conviction set aside and the “points” removed by paying $500. These very expensive assessments were originally adopted in 2003 to raise revenue so as avoid spending cuts in that year’s and subsequent state government budgets.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation
