srothstein wrote:While the CHL bill was originally proposed as revenue neutral, I am not sure if it is neutral. The way to find out is to check on how many CHLs are issued or renewed each year. This will tell you how much income there is from the bill. The DPS would be able to tell you how much the division processing them costs. This would tell us if it is revenue neutral (income exactly equals costs) or not.
If the math reveals us to be a net expense, you could expect to see the CHL cost go up. with the current economy, I would not expect the cost to go down if we are not neutral.
And when we compare it to driver's license costs, we need to remember that the DL is NOT revenue neutral and was never claimed to be. The DPS was paid from the general budget to run DL's well over the amount of income from them.
My guess would be that the CHL fee is fairly close to revenue neutral right now. It might be a little over the actual cost based on a larger number of applicants than were expected, but I don't think it is very high. And while the cost is high for us right now, I would not be willing to press very hard to get it reduced. I am afraid we have much more important battles to face, especially in light of Sen. Feinstein's bill.
Ain't THAT the truth!!!
