Posted: Thursday, March 6, 2008 12:00 am
CHEYENNE (AP) - Wyoming drivers won't have to pay twice as much for their licenses as a result of a Senate vote Tuesday.
On a 18-12 vote, the Senate killed House Bill 142 to double the amount of driver's license fees.
For example, the bill would have increased the fee to renew a driver's license to $30, up from $15, and from $20 to $40 to renew a commercial driver's license.
The bill passed the House earlier on a 39-21 vote.
Opponents in the Senate said the fee increase was tantamount to a tax increase, which is inappropriate this year given the state's healthy revenues.