00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 289(L&C)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to regulating occupations; relating to business license fees; and                                      
02 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)  Except as provided in (f) - (l) [(f) - (k)] of this section, the department shall                            
06 establish fee levels under (a) of this section so that the total amount of fees collected                               
07 for an occupation approximately equals the actual regulatory costs for the occupation.                                  
08 The department shall annually review each fee level to determine whether the                                            
09 regulatory costs of each occupation are approximately equal to fee collections related                                  
10 to that occupation. If the review indicates that an occupation's fee collections and                                    
11 regulatory costs are not approximately equal, the department shall calculate fee                                        
12 adjustments and adopt regulations under (a) of this section to implement the                                            
13 adjustments. In January of each year, the department shall report on all fee levels and                                 
14 revisions for the previous year under this subsection to the office of management and                                   

01 budget. If a board regulates an occupation covered by this chapter, the department                                      
02 shall consider the board's recommendations concerning the occupation's fee levels and                                   
03 regulatory costs before revising fee schedules to comply with this subsection. In this                                  
04 subsection, "regulatory costs" means costs of the department that are attributable to                                   
05       regulation of an occupation plus                                                                                  
06                 (1)  all expenses of the board that regulates the occupation if the board                               
07       regulates only one occupation;                                                                                    
08                 (2)  the expenses of a board that are attributable to the occupation if the                             
09       board regulates more than one occupation.                                                                         
10    * Sec. 2. AS 08.01.065 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
11 (l)  Notwithstanding (c) of this section, the department may adjust fee levels                                          
12 established under (a) of this section so that money appropriated under AS 43.70.080                                     
13 offsets fees for occupations regulated under this chapter. When adjusting fee levels                                    
14 under this subsection, the department may consider the relationship between the                                         
15       regulatory cost of an occupation and income levels in that occupation.                                          
16    * Sec. 3. AS 43.70.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
17 (a)  The fee for each business license is $100 [$50] a year, except that the fee is                                 
18       $50 [$25] if the business is a sole proprietorship and the sole proprietor is                                 
19 (1)  65 years of age or older when the sole proprietor applies for the                                                  
20 license or will reach 65 years of age at any time during the year for which the license                                 
21       is issued; or                                                                                                     
22                 (2)  a disabled veteran.                                                                                
23    * Sec. 4. AS 43.70.075(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
24 (b)  The department, upon payment of a fee of $200 [$100], shall issue a                                            
25 business license endorsement to a person who applies for a business license under this                                  
26 chapter, and may renew the endorsement issued under this subsection for a fee of $200                               
27 [$100]. The endorsement expires at the same time as the license to which it attaches.                                   
28 Upon issuance of an endorsement, the department shall also issue to the person                                          
29 receiving the endorsement notice of the penalties that may be imposed under this                                        
30       section.                                                                                                          
31    * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect October 1, 2024.