The "fee" is actually a tax, which only the legislature has authority to raise. If you remember, during the last legislative session taxes where a huge issue. There was a lot of very vocal opposition to an income tax, so the legislature made large increases in every tax they could think of and added some new ones. The sales tax increase was the only one widely publicized, but all taxes increased.Expect to see increases in every way in which the state gets funds, from auto tags to professional licenses, and everything in between. Mary Zimmerman Nashville, TN >From: Imboden@xxxxxxx >Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 12:19:24 EST >Subject: [TN-Bird] Bluebird License Plates >To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Of course that does not answer the question of who authorized the increased >fee. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================