Real estate agent Deborah Johnson, 47, of Oakland County's Lathrup Village, doesn't like the fee increases. She said the state needs to rethink its spending.

"I just think it's mismanagement of the monies they're collecting already," she said while waiting for service at a secretary of state's office in Detroit.

"It's just like in my family budget. I've got to cut back and make some huge sacrifices or legitimately increase revenues. Increasing fees is not a legitimate way to increase revenue."

Besides the fee increases, higher fines on bad drivers also were approved earlier this year by lawmakers and signed into law by Granholm.