AutoBanter - View Single Post - Texas driver's license to jump up to a whopping $100 or more

**laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE**

On 20 Jul 2006 07:43:35 -0700, wrote:

>Driver license costs could go up
>Reason: New federal anti-terrorism law
>By Mike Ward
>AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
>Thursday, July 20, 2006
>
>Texans could soon get a jolt when they apply for a driver's license. Or
>maybe not.
>
>State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, was quoted Wednesday as
>saying Department of Public Safety officials alerted her that the cost
>of a license could jump from $24 for six years to a whopping $100 or
>more.
>
>Reason: A new federal anti-terrorism law requiring all states' driver's
>licenses to be the same and much more sophisticated. Read that as more
>costly.
>
>"We're looking at a huge, unfunded mandate," she told the San Antonio
>Express-News.
>
>Even so, state officials quickly insisted that the $100 estimate is not
>a certainty, or even a good estimate, perhaps, since federal rules
>covering the new licenses have not been approved.
>
>They noted that any increase in the cost of licenses would have to be
>approved by the Texas Legislature, an unlikely group to quadruple the
>cost if public outrage were to surface as expected over such a steep
>increase.

The fee should be based on your driving record. Charge a base of $24
but when it's time to renew add another $100 for each traffic
violation in the last 6 years. Make the criminals pay thru the nose
not the law-abiding citizens.