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09/23/2019
19-374
09/23/2019
19-374
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Increasing the City's Motor Vehicle Agent Fee by $2 and Adding the Fee to the Schedule of Fees
This Order would increase the fee the City charges for motor vehicle registrations by $2 per transaction
and add the fee to the City's fee schedule.
Bangor, like other Maine municipalities, acts as an agent for the state in regards to motor vehicle
registrations. This is convenient for Bangor residents, as they can avoid a trip to the Bureau of Motor
Vehicles, but takes anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour for staff to process each transaction.
Training and reconciliation of inventory and transactions add to the time and cost.
In exchange for processing these registrations, the City takes an agent fee to recoup administrative
costs. That agent fee is set by the state, and is currently $3 for a renewal and $4 for a new
registration. The fee has not changed since 1991. In that time, the part of the registration fee that
goes to the state has increased four times.
The State recently passed a law that allows for a $2 increase in the municipal agent fee, to $5 for a
renewal and $6 for a new registration. If a customer wishes to avoid the agent fee, they can always
go to the BMV.
This Order would allow the City to charge the increased fee, and would also place the fee in the City's
fee schedule.
Finance Committee
09/16/2019
Recommend for passage
50
Consent
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER 09/23/2019
19-374
09/23/2019
19-374
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Increasing the City's Motor Vehicle Agent Fee by $2 and Adding the Fee to the Schedule of Fees
Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor that,
The Schedule of Fees, as authorized under Chapter 109 of the Code of the City of Bangor, is hereby amended
in accordance with the attached Exhibit A. The amendment will result in a $2 increase in the agent fee the
City charges for motor vehicle vehicle registrations.
CITY OF BANGOR
SCHEDULE OF FEES
Q. Treasury
(1) Motor Vehicle Agent Fee
New registration $6
Renewal $5
R. Wastewater
Additions are underlined.
19-374
September 23, 2019
29-A M.R.S. § 201
IN CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 23,2019
CO 19-374
PASSED
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