Jane T. Maas

It's not necessary to mail transactions to Utica, where the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles maintains a mail-in processing center, explained Jane Maas, supervisor of the Tioga County DMV office in Owego.

"Things being mailed to Utica, driver's license renewals, for example, is costing Tioga County 12.7 percent of the total dollar cost," Maas said.She pointed out that the county receives an amount back from the state equal to 12.7 percent of the total number of transactions involving motor vehicles.

The reimbursement does not include county sales taxes, all of which are taken by the county "up front" and are not sent to the state DMV in Albany, Maas noted.

However, she added that members of the public may continue to mail in renewals, but the address on the DMV envelope, if the envelope supplied by the state DMV is used, should be crossed out and replaced by POB 307, Owego, N.Y. 13827.

"The envelopes are pre-addressed to the Utica office," she said.

In addition, the bar code at the bottom of the envelope should be crossed out, as well, Maas observed.Otherwise, the envelope will be sent automatically to Utica, regardless of the address, because the bar codes are read by computers.

Mass added that she has been told verbally by local residents that they sent their renewals to the Owego office, but they were sent to Utica instead, because they (Tioga County residents) did not cross off the bar code.

"Economically, it's a bad year," she pointed out."Tioga County is trying to raise as much revenue as possible, to keep taxes down, and it doesn't make sense to send it all to Utica."

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Jane Maas, supervisor of the Tioga County Department of Motor Vehicles, explained in late May that a tentative estimate of $247,000 in additional revenues is based on a formula that takes Tioga County's 30,799 non-commercial vehicles and 9,341 commercial vehicles as of 2001 into account, and will have to be adjusted to allow for more recent fees.

"With new vehicle purchases, it would probably be more," she said.

Maas also noted that all revenues resulting from vehicle registration fees will go directly into the general fund of Tioga County and will be used to offset to costs of operating the Tioga County Clerk's Office, which oversees the DMV.

Under the proposed law, the Tioga County DMV would get all user fee revenues on new vehicle registrations and renewals handled in the county, Maas pointed out.

If a green light is given by the state, a local law calling for the new fees is slated to become effctive Jan. 1.The fee will be imposed on all new vehicle registrations as of May 1, 2004, Maas said.

Jane Maas wasn't taking any chances.After missing earlier clinics, she made an early-morning trek from Catatonk to Owego to get the coveted No. 1 spot in line.

"I think it's really important to get one every year," said Maas, who comes in contact with lots of people through her job at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Without a vaccine, an ounce of prevention is the stay-healthy advice, Reynolds said.

"If you can't get the shot, the best thing to do is be proactive," she said.

Jane Maas - Department of Motor Vehicles Supervisor

In Tioga, only 12.7 percent of the $17.50 ATV registration fee stays in the county, said Jane T. Maas, supervisor for Tioga's Department of Motor Vehicles.

The remaining $15 goes to New York state, she said.

"I don't ever remember it being such a jump," said Jane Maas,supervisor at the Tioga County DMV.Before heading up the office, Maas worked there for many years.

Jane Maas wasn't taking any chances.After missing earlier clinics, she made an early-morning trek from Catatonk to Owego to get the coveted No. 1 spot in line.

"I think it's really important to get one every year," said Maas, who comes in contact with lots of people through her job at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Everene Brewer, on the other hand, didn't care that she was one of the last people in line.She would still get vaccinated.