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• Introduced in the House on February 24, 2004, to charge an additional $.75 for applications for licenses, registration, or the right to operate any vehicle or vessel upon the public highways or waters of this state to fund homeland transportation security.
  • Referred to the House Transportation Committee on February 24, 2004.
  • Substitute offered to the House Transportation Committee on February 25, 2004, to create the new Homeland Security Account and directs the deposit of the .75 cent transportation security surcharge into the new account. New vehicles never registered in the state are exempt from the .75 cent transportation security surcharge. The Department of Transportation is provided $145,000 for the agency's vulnerability survey of transportation assets and emergency training. The substitute passed in committee on February 25, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Edward Murray (D) on February 27, 2004, to reduce the homeland security surcharge from seventy-five cents to fifty cents and provide a one-time transfer from the Motor Vehicle Account to the Homeland Transportation Security Account to fund the difference between the appropriations and the revenue generated in FY 2005. The amendment passed on February 27, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Geoff Simpson, (D-Covington) (D) on February 27, 2004, to provide funding for identity theft detectives to work with the Department of Licensing in investigating and enforcing the laws regarding identity theft within the issuance and renewals of driver licenses. The amendment passed on February 27, 2004.
• Passed in the House (55 to 40) on February 27, 2004, charge an additional $.50 for applications for licenses, registration, or the right to operate any vehicle or vessel upon the public highways or waters of this state to fund homeland transportation security. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 1, 2004.
  • Referred to the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee on March 1, 2004.