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Related: About this forumTexas lawmakers hope an additional $200 million will decrease dreaded wait times at driver's license
Texas lawmakers hope an additional $200 million will decrease dreaded wait times at driver's license centersby Arya Sundaram, Texas Tribune
State lawmakers are poised to spend more than $200 million to decrease Texans' wait times for driver's licenses. The lions share of the money, $141.5 million, will be used to hire another 762 employees for the program. Legislators also plan to give raises to current drivers license specialists and open new drivers license offices in Angleton, outside of Houston, and Denton, north of Dallas and Fort Worth.
The legislatures reforms come after spikes in wait times at drivers license offices last summer. Near Dallas, some people waited up to eight hours, with part of their time spent in 100-degree Texas heat. Election anxieties have upped the ante for lawmakers, who say many voters consider this issue their most pressing concern.
If someone had the resources and ran against you on this issue? said Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston. You would get yourself in political liability over this issue alone.
A committee comprised of lawmakers from the House and Senate approved the plan, which was released Saturday as part of the state's proposed two-year budget. Both the House and Senate have to sign off on the budget before the legislative session ends Monday.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/26/texas-drivers-license-centers-long-wait-times-get-200-million-fix/
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Texas lawmakers hope an additional $200 million will decrease dreaded wait times at driver's license (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
May 2019
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tanyev
(42,552 posts)1. I need to renew mine this year and I am dreading it.
I've thought about driving to an office in the Sherman/Denison area, but I don't know if that will be any better.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)2. You know you can renew online right? n/t
tanyev
(42,552 posts)3. I have done that before but I think I'm at the point where I have show up in person.
Def need to check on that first, though. Its been long enough that Air BnB did not think my current picture was the same person as my DL photo.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)4. Understood. Good luck. n/t