The Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller (MVC) has responsibility for three basic programs: (1) collection of revenue (petroleum and privilege taxes); (2) safety inspection of liquified compressed gas equipment; and (3) administration of the motor vehicle title act. Each of the three areas of operations was examined during the performance evaluation.
PEER auditors found many deficiencies and inconsistencies within the MVC. Travel reimbursement abuse, salary classification inconsistencies, and lack of written operating procedures for both internal and external use were problems noted. Elimination of travel cost abuses would save annually about $500,000. Also hampering the MVC’s effectiveness and efficiency were an antiquated accounting system and several unproductive positions. Abolition of these eighteen unproductive positions would provide additional revenues annually of about $230,000. In addition, improvement of portable scale effectiveness would save annually approximately $1 million.
The PEER Committee recommended that the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller be abolished and the responsibility for its major programs transferred to existing agencies.
For a paper copy of this report, contact PEER by telephone at 601-359-1226 or by e-mail at reports@peer.ms.gov.