HB 727, HCA 1 -- DRIVER'S AND NONDRIVER'S LICENSES

CO-SPONSORS:  Koller, Hampton

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on
Transportation by a vote of 13 to 0.

This bill revises Missouri's driver's license system.  All
operator's, chauffeur's, and commercial driver's licenses for
persons 21 years of age of older will be for a 6 year period and
expire on the person's birthday.  The license or renewal fee
will be increased from $7.50 to $15 for an operator's license,
$15 to $30 for a chauffeur's license, and $20 to $40 for a
commercial driver's license.  The license or renewal fee for
persons 18 to 21 years of age will be $7.50 for an operator's
license, $15 for a chauffeur's license, and $20 for a commercial
driver's license.  Licenses for persons 18 to 21 years of age
will expire after 3 years on the person's birthday.  A
recognition test of a person's ability to understand highway
signs regulating, warning, or directing traffic along with the
vision test will be required on all license renewals except for
commercial driver's licenses.

The fee for a nondriver's license card for persons under age 65
will be increased from $7.50 to $15.  If a person is age 65 or
older, the fee for such card without a photograph is $1 or $15
with a photograph.  Nondriver's license cards will also expire
on the person's birthday and be issued for a 6 year period.

The bill has an effective date of July 1, 2000.

HCA 1 -- Allows fee agents to collect a $4 transaction fee on
every driver's license transaction.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Net Effect on Highway Fund of a cost of
$17,500 in FY 2000, an income of $7,594,584 in FY 2001, and an
income of $7,594,584 in FY 2002.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that most states are going to a 6
year license.  It saves the state as well as the consumer time,
paperwork, and money.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Koller; and
Department of Revenue.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Robert Triplett, Legislative Analyst

HB 727 -- Driver's and Nondriver's Licenses

Co-Sponsors:  Koller, Hampton

This bill revises Missouri's driver's license system.  All
operator's, chauffeur's, and commercial driver's license for
persons 21 years of age of older will be for a 6 year period and
expire on the person's birthday.  The license or renewal fee
will be increased from $7.50 to $15 for an operator's license,
$15 to $30 for a chauffeur's license, and $20 to $40 for a
commercial driver's license.  The license or renewal fee for
persons 18 to 21 years of age will be $7.50 for an operator's
license, $15 for a chauffeur's license, and $20 for a commercial
driver's license.  Licenses for persons 18 to 21 years of age
will expire after 3 years on the person's birthday.  A
recognition test of a person's ability to understand highway
signs regulating, warning, or directing traffic along with the
vision test will be required on all license renewals except for
commercial driver's licenses.

The fee for a nondriver's license card for persons under age 65
will be increased from $7.50 to $15.  If a person is age 65 or
older, the fee for such card without a photograph is $1 or $15
with a photograph.  Nondriver's license cards will also expire
on the person's birthday and be issued for a 6 year period.

The bill has an effective date of July 1, 2000.