Proof-Variation7005 t1_j9via01 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:21 PM

Reply to comment by jt_tesla in We want answers, dammit! It's been 2 years, and I have been repeatedly tried. by kamikazekenny420

IDK how many vanity plates they'd be issuing in a year but I'm guessing the state doesn't notice that money one way or the other.

will_this_1_work t1_j9vqg0q wrote on February 24, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Even if the full $2.4m is accurate that’s 6 hours of our $4.1b budget

chowda_head t1_j9wm7p2 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:08 AM

The budget passed last year was $13.6b. We haven't see a budget as low as $4.1b in probably 20 years.

will_this_1_work t1_j9wvk38 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 3:25 AM

Last time I trust Google when I make a post

Proof-Variation7005 t1_j9vxjk2 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 11:04 PM

It's even less significant than that. That 2.4 million is probably from the time that vanity plates became available until now. A ProJo article said there's about 25,000 currently registered vanity plates right now, but they're only getting the $75-80 or whatever it is one single time per plate. Some of the active ones have been around for years, or decades even.

If I had to guess, I'd imagine that there's way less than 1,000 new ones issued in a normal year.

nebuladrifting t1_jabg14u wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:33 AM

I don’t think it’s just a one time fee though. I got one 4 years ago without reading the fine print and a few months later my registration renewal came due and it was something like $100 more just because I had vanity plates. Changed them back to the normal plates so I didn’t have to pay the increased renewal fee.