KPRC 2 Investigates first exposed the problem last year when reporter Amy Davis explained how the DMV was allowing criminals to obtain car dealer licenses so they could access and sell the temporary paper plates raking in millions of dollars.
“Why are we handing out a piece of paper that somebody can run to a Xerox machine in the 21st century and make a change on?” Bettencourt asked.
One Katy security expert and entreprenuer pitched his idea to the DMV, but he hasn’t heard back. Bettencourt said if the DMV has not made any progress moving towards a more secure, more difficult to copy system by 2023, he will introduce a bill in the Texas Legislature to force the change.