ST. LOUIS (97.1 FM TALK) - Many people in the greater St. Louis area get a kick out of sharing long overdue temporary tags seen on vehicles driving around. But soon, the shtick may be up.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill in June that may eliminate the process of car dealers giving the owners of newly-purchased vehicles a temporary tag, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Instead of the tag which gives drivers 30 days to go to a license office and pay sales taxes, the state will just get a cut at the point of sale.
One St. Louis man driving on temporary tags that expired two months ago told the Post-Dispatch he doesn't have the $250 to pay the taxes and hasn't been pulled over yet. Police in St. Louis ticketed more than 10,000 people in 2018 for expired or improper tags and city police issued nearly 15,700 tickets for the same issues in 2019, according to the report.
It's something Brennan, host of the Charlie Brennan Show with Amy Marxkors on KMOX, has kept his eye on for years:
The new process could begin later this year.
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