Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday vetoed Senate Bill 867, which would have imposed new fees on Missourians at local license offices. The governor says the measure also violats the constitutional requirement that legislation be limited to its original purpose.

In addition to a new $2.00 notary fee, the bill would have allowed license offices to charge $2.00 for each “electronic transmission” and each “electronic look-up.” For example, all these $2.00 fees could have been imposed on top of the $3.50 fee currently charged by license offices for motor vehicle registrations.

“Missourians should not be asked to pay yet another new government fee to receive the same service they receive today, and certainly not by way of an eleventh-hour amendment to an already swollen omnibus bill stretched far beyond the bill’s original purpose,” the Governor said in his veto message.