00HOUSE BILL NO. 510                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to occupational licensing fees and regulatory costs for                                                
02 occupational licensing functions; and providing for an effective date."                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.01.065(c) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (c)  The department shall establish fee levels under (a) of this section so that                                      
06 the total amount of fees collected for an occupation approximately equals the actual                                    
07 regulatory costs for the occupation. However, in calculating the actual regulatory                                     
08 costs for an occupation, the department shall allocate to the occupation a prorated                                     
09 share of total enforcement costs so that the amount allocated to each occupation                                        
10 bears the same relationship to total enforcement costs as the number of the                                             
11 occupation's licensees bears to the total number of licensees in all occupations                                        
12 regulated under this title.  The department shall annually review each fee level to                                    
13 determine whether the regulatory costs of each occupation are approximately equal to                                    
14 fee collections related to that occupation.  If the review indicates that an occupation's                               

01 fee collections and regulatory costs are not approximately equal, the department shall                                  
02 calculate fee adjustments and adopt regulations under (a) of this section to implement                                  
03 the adjustments.  In January of each year, the department shall report on all fee levels                                
04 and revisions for the previous year under this subsection to the office of management                                   
05 and budget.  If a board regulates an occupation covered by this chapter, the department                                 
06 shall consider the board's recommendations concerning the occupation's fee levels and                                   
07 regulatory costs before revising fee schedules to comply with this subsection. In this                                  
08 subsection,                                                                                                             
09   (1)  "regulatory costs" means costs of the department that are                                                     
10 attributable to regulation of an occupation plus                                                                        
11   (A) [(1)]  all expenses of the board that regulates the occupation                                                
12 if the board regulates only one occupation;                                                                             
13   (B) [(2)]  the expenses of a board that are attributable to the                                                   
14 occupation if the board regulates more than one occupation;                                                            
15   (2)  "total enforcement costs" means the total of all costs incurred                                                 
16 by the department and the boards for legal, investigative, and hearing functions                                        
17 for occupations regulated under this title.                                                                            
18    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1996.