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The process of getting a drivers license in the state could be slowing down, but as Matt Galka tells us, tax collectors want state officials to pump the breaks on the idea.

Getting a new drivers license or renewing an old one isn’t too complicated in Florida. A trip to the Tax Collector’s office requires some paper work, a picture, and a few minutes later you have your ID.

But a new proposal could stretch the process out from a day of transaction into a two week waiting period.

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is mulling over the idea of “central issuance.” Floridians would get their licenses by mail, which could take two weeks.

The driver’s license proposal is in it’s early stages, but not every tax collector is sold.

Leon County Tax Collector Doris Maloy said one of her locations tried central issuance seven years ago.  She says there were plenty of headaches.

“How do we give the best service to our customers who need something right away? So, if it’s all centralized, you take that element away, so that’s a problem, that’s a concern,” she said.

Former State Representative and current Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano has already sent a letter to the Department trying to stop the program before it starts.

“What they’re wanting to do is go back in time. It’s costly,” he said.

The new system is touted as a more secure way to get licenses, but the Department says they will need a consensus from tax collectors first.

About a quarter of the state’s driver’s license renewals are done through the mail. The proposal for the new system would also allow someone to expedite the process if they’re willing to pay extra.