The petitioner requests the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to develop a regulation containing objective criteria regarding the award of DMV Select contracts to non-governmental entities that comply with the Virginia Public Procurement Act.

The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on October 10, 2022, and on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall. Public comment will open on October 10, 2022, and will close on November 8, 2022. DMV will consider the petition and all comments in support or opposition after the close of the public comment period. The agency will issue a written decision within 90 days following the close of the comment period. 

The Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV”) currently provides instructions on how to become a DMV Select partner and an application to be considered as a potential DMV Select partner on its website. Regulations promulgated by DMV in response to this Petition for Rulemaking would not provide information regarding this process that is not found in these documents. As such, DMV has decided to not initiate rulemaking in response to this petition.