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| General Fund | 0 | 4,700,300 | 4,700,300 | -- | |
| Special Revenue-Other | 85,838,000 | 69,632,500 | (16,205,500) | -18.9% | |
| Special Revenue-Federal | 25,820,000 | 26,400,000 | 580,000 | 2.2% | |
| Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund | 122,968,000 | 138,184,000 | 15,216,000 | 12.4% | |
| Internal Service Fund | 4,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 25.0% | |
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| Total for AGENCY SUMMARY: | 238,626,000 | 243,916,800 | 5,290,800 | 2.2% | |
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| General Fund: | 22 | 77 | 55 |
| All Other Funds: | 2,795 | 2,733 | (62) |
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| TOTAL: | 2,817 | 2,810 | (7) |
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| Budget Highlights |
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The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issues driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations, collects over $1 billion in revenue for the State and localities, and provides other important motor vehicle related services. The Department served over 20 million customers in 2003. In addition to the main office and three regional headquarters, the DMV and its agents provide services from 125 offices statewide. |
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The Department is included in the Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation appropriation bill. |
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The Executive proposes an All Funds appropriation totaling $243,916,800, a $5,290,800 increase or 2.2 percent, from State Fiscal Year 2003-04 funding levels. |
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The Executive recommends the creation of a License Integrity Program and a Driver Responsibility Surcharge Program within the DMV. Of the $4,700,300 General Fund appropriation for Transportation Safety, $4,501,100 is for the License Integrity Program and $649,200 is for the Driver Responsibility Surcharge Program. |
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The Executive’s proposal does not include funding for a full- service DMV office in Rochester, leaving one of the largest cities in the State without a fixed, full-service DMV office within its limits. Despite funding appropriated in the enacted 2003-04 budget and supporting Article VII legislation, the Executive refused to advance funding to keep the Rochester DMV office open to the public. |
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The Executive recommends appropriations of $92,332,800 for State Operations, a $10,305,200, or 10 percent, net decrease from SFY 2003-04. This decrease is largely a result of a $21,200,000 shift in Transportation Safety State Operation expenses to the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund under the Transportation Support Program. The decrease is offset, in part, by the addition of $4,700,300 in General Fund expenses for the License Integrity and Driver Responsibility Surcharge programs and increases in non- personal service and fringe costs in various other programs within the Department. |
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The Executive proposes a net decrease of 7 Full-Time Equivalent (FTEs) positions. In the Transportation Support Program, 66 FTEs would be eliminated through normal attrition. This decrease would be partially offset by an increase of 55 FTEs in the Transportation Safety Program and 4 FTEs in the Administrative Adjudication Program. |
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Under the proposed License Integrity Program, the Department would perform extensive reviews of each new application for photo identification as well as conduct investigations of existing identification holders’ files. The proposed appropriation for this program is $4,051,900 for SFY 2004-05. The program would include a total of 46 new FTEs in DMV offices throughout the State. In SFY 2003-04, the Executive proposed a similar program, Identification Document Security, which was denied by the Legislature. The Executive proposed to cover the costs of that $8.5 million with a $3.00 administrative increase in the photo identification fee. Even though the Legislature denied the program, the Executive implemented the administrative fee increase. |
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The Driver Responsibility Surcharge Program assesses additional penalties for traffic offenses. A $3,000 penalty, payable at $1,000 per year for three years, would be assessed to those convicted of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) or Driving Under the Influence (DUI). A penalty of $300, payable at $100 per year for three years, would be assessed to drivers with six points on their driving record. An additional penalty of $25 per point per year for three years would be assessed for each point over six points. The program is expected to generate $17,500,000 in General Fund revenue in SFY 2004-05. |
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The Executive proposes a Special Revenue – Federal appropriation that totals $13,400,000, a $380,000 or 2.9 percent increase from SFY 2003-04. The funds would be used to support the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, which administers State highway safety programs. |
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The Executive recommends shifting $21,198,000 in expenses from the Transportation Safety program to the Transportation Support program. The expenses would be moved to the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund (DHBTF) and offset with an equivalent amount of revenue deposited into the DHBTF. The Executive asserts that the transfer is necessary to meet bond coverage ratio requirements. |
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Article VII |
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The Executive proposes the following Article VII legislation: |
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