The state charges inspectors $1.50 for each sticker: $1 goes to the state's Highway Fund, while the other 50 cents is deposited into the Highway Patrol Inspection Fund.

The analysis said fewer inspections will result in less money deposited into state coffers — an estimated $575,028 decrease annually to the state's highway fund, and an estimated $287,514 decrease annually to the state's highway inspection fund.

"This loss of revenue would directly impact the funding of Highway Patrol operations," the analysis, conducted by the Committee on Legislative Research and Oversight Division, said.

In fiscal year 2018, the analysis said, $2.6 million from the vehicle inspection program was deposited into the Highway Fund while $1.3 million from the inspection program was deposited into the Highway Patrol Inspection Fund.

Earlier this year, lawmakers debated eliminating the vehicle inspections, then settled on the watered-down measure that eliminates the requirements for vehicles less than a decade old.

"It's much better than eliminating the entire program," said Rep. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, who opposed both proposals.