The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - This authorizes the state to resume charging a $1 per-transaction fee on business partners who process vehicle registrations through DMV, with the revenue directed to help support the costs of the DXP project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - Nearly all of DMV ’s ongoing funding is from the Motor Vehicle Account (MVA), which derives the majority of its revenue from vehicle registration fees, driver license fees, and other fees. In addition to the appropriations mentioned below, the Supply Chain Resilience Package described earlier in this post includes funding for DMV.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - Californians Access DMV Services in Various Ways DMV Offers a Range of Services to the Public. In 2019 ‑20, DMV processed over 68  million transactions. Nearly half of the transactions were vehicle registration renewals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283

The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - Of  this amount, over $4  billion is projected to come from vehicle registration fees. The remainder largely is generated by other DMV fees such as driver license fees. (We note that DMV also collects various other fees at the time of vehicle registration that are not deposited into MVA, such as vehicle license fees, truck weight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects

Feb 27, 2023 - Alternatively, it could raise one or more of the fees—such as vehicle registration and/or driver’s license fees—that support the fund. (For reference, we estimate that roughly $35 million in additional revenue could be generated annually from a $1 increase in the base vehicle registration, and roughly $6 million from a $1 increase in the driver’s license fee.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

Feb 22, 2017 - About 95  percent of all DMV expenditures are supported from the Motor Vehicle Account (MVA), which generates its revenues primarily from vehicle registration and driver license fees. The level of spending proposed for 2017 ‑18 supports about 8,300 positions at DMV.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3575

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - This new spending includes: (1) $60.2  million in one-time funding in 2024 ‑25 for the driver licensing and vehicle registration phases of the Digital Experiences Platform; (2) $17.3  million ongoing funding to cover increases in fees the California Department of Technology charges for services it provides to DMV; (3) $7.4  million in 2024 ‑25, decreasing to $4.9
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Transportation

Oct 17, 2019 - Nearly all of this funding is from the Motor Vehicle Account (MVA), which derives the majority of its revenue from vehicle registration fees and other driver license fees. Field Office Replacement Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4098

The 2016-17 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 23, 2016 - Additional DMV Self –Service Terminals. The budget proposes $8  million on an ongoing basis to expand the use of self –service terminals that handle common DMV transactions, such as vehicle registration renewal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3366

The 2019-20 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 26, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget includes $1. 2  b illion for DMV in 2019 ‑20, which is roughly the same as the estimated level of spending in the current year. About 95  p ercent of all DMV expenditures are supported from the MVA, which generates its revenues primarily from vehicle registration and driver license fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3948