2000-03-24                     Senate Journal                      Page 2726
SB 296                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 296 BY THE SENATE FINANCE                                      
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                           
                                                                               
An Act relating to charges for state services;                                
requiring that fees levied by resource agencies for                            
designated regulatory services be based on the actual                          
and reasonable direct cost of providing the services,                          
except in the case of certain negotiated or fixed                              
fees; relating to negotiated and fixed fees of                                 
resource agencies; relating to invoices for designated                         
regulatory services; establishing a petition process                           
regarding fees charged by resource agencies for                                
regulatory services; and providing for an effective                            
date.                                                                          
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Finance              
Committees.