The Joint Budget Committee voted Wednesday against granting extended funding for DMV offices to issue driver’s licenses to noncitizens.  Prior to the vote, five out of the state’s fifty-six DMV offices were able to issue noncitizens driver’s licenses.  Now, after the Joint Budget Committee’s refusal to continue funding, only one office in the State of Colorado will maintain the ability to do so.  The Department of Revenue, which administers the DMV, will provide additional information about which office will administer noncitizen driver’s licenses and how noncitizens should go about applying for a license in the near future.

“The Denver Post estimated that the dearth of offices and the state’s decision to offer appointment-only slots to apply for the licenses meant some of the 150,000 in Colorado seeking the licenses would have to wait more than four years. With only one office offering the service, that wait could jump to more than 16 years.”