2010-11-17 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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O'HARA: So how do you if people start bringing those in and you're paying more out than you're collecting LEONARD: - -Well, the only way you get paid ISO bucks is if there's a salvage value on that car. O'HARA: So this is for the future -- LEONARD: For the future. O'HARA: It's still doesn't LEONARD: --But what we could do is on that salvage fee, is just as in the abandoned vehicle program, right now when you register I forget how many dollars, 15, 20 O 'HARA: --16 LEONARD: $16? Sixteen goes into this fund for abandoned vehicles. So people we still could have that in play for a period of years until we feel that we have almost all the cars covered with their HI-5 value. O'HARA: Okay. That's a approach. Just so it doesn't cost the county much more. CHAIR: Do you think this would result in a lot more unregistered vehicles, though? I mean, that's a big hit for someone to pay all of a sudden when they're doing their re- doing their car registration. MATSUDA: Is it only once one time? LEONARD: It's only one time. CHAIR: Once. Yeah, it's once. LEONARD: Yeah, it's just onetime. MATSUDA: On new cars or whatever. LEONARD: Yeah, once you pay your fee, your fee's done. Well, I mean - -and you're right. For some folks at very low income, maybe we would set up a program where there 's a you could pay I was going to say you could spread out the payment for over three years, but the car may not last three years. O'HARA: But it has to be on a new car. It wouldn't be every time the car is sold. LEONARD: No, it would be 11