Driver Fee Relief Coming

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Relief is coming to Michigan residents who owe money in the form of driver responsibility fees.

The Michigan Secretary of State’s office tells us beginning on March 31, those who have entered into a payment plan on or before February 1 will have their outstanding Driver Responsibility Fees waived. Affected individuals may be able to reinstate their driver’s license without paying a reinstatement fee. 

This news comes after Governor Rick Snyder this week signed a bill doing away with the fees. Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says the driver responsibility fees were an unnecessary burden. They were created in 2003 to plug a budget hole and punish drivers for certain offenses, but were often so high drivers didn’t pay them. More than 300,000 Michiganders owe more than $600 million in those fees.