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To: kumar who wrote (148895)	11/27/2005 9:22:34 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

Big tax booster in Illinois too: Sticker shock: Nearly $4 million raised through new late penalty By Kurt Erickson Lee Springfield Bureau SPRINGFIELD - Nearly 200,000 Illinoisans have helped boost the state's flagging revenues this year simply by being forgetful. According to the Illinois Secretary of State's office, a new penalty on motorists who fail to renew their license plate stickers has brought in $3.97 million since it went into effect Jan. 1. While that previously untapped source of cash may help close a budget gap, it remains short of what the Blagojevich administration had hoped to collect when the fine was proposed more than a year ago. At the time, the governor's budget office was banking on more than 600,000 motorists forgetting to renew their stickers a number that would have generated $12 million in new revenue for the state. With a month to go in the year, 198,000 people have anted up the fine, which affects the owners of about 8.5 million passenger vehicles and small trucks. Becky Carroll, a spokeswoman for the administration, said the shortfall won't hurt the state. "Every number in the budget is an estimate. The key is that you have to put in place fiscal tools that will allow you to adjust to bumps in the road," said Carroll. "Our fiscal position is stronger than ever." The fine, meanwhile, has generated more than just money. Some motorists have become angry because they didn't receive reminders from the state that their licenses are about to expire. Although the Secretary of State's office continues to send out renewal notices, a spokesman said changes in the mailing system have resulted in some motorists not receiving their notices. At any rate, motorists can determine whether their license stickers are going to expire - a move that could save them $20 in fines -simply by looking at the date on the sticker. southernillinoisan.com

To: kumar who wrote (148895)	11/27/2005 9:30:36 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793755

a driver licence is a privilege, not a right. Bullpucky, Kumar. That's the "state" making a good little slave out of you. Who is a better judge of my driving, me, or some bureaucrat at the state capital? It's just another government racket. I have to get a government license to get married. Does that make marriage a "privilege, not a right" given to me by benevolent bureaucrats? All state licensing is a combination of money raising and control of the individual by the state.