Legislature(2023 - 2024)BARNES 124
03/04/2024 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB289 | |
| SB89 | |
| HB285 | |
| HB203 | |
| HB290 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 203 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 89 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 290 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 289 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 285 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 289-BUSINESS LICENSE FEES
3:17:54 PM
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the first order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 289, "An Act relating to business license fees;
and providing for an effective date."
3:17:58 PM
REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS moved to adopt Amendment 1 to HB 289,
labeled 33-GH2319\A.1, Klein/Gunther, 2/8/24, which read as
follows:
Page 1, line 1, following "Act":
Insert "relating to regulating occupations;"
Page 1, following line 2:
Insert new bill sections to read:
"* Section 1. AS 08.01.065(c) is amended to read:
(c) Except as provided in (f) - (l) [(f) - (k)]
of this section, the department shall establish fee
levels under (a) of this section so that the total
amount of fees collected for an occupation
approximately equals the actual regulatory costs for
the occupation. The department shall annually review
each fee level to determine whether the regulatory
costs of each occupation are approximately equal to
fee collections related to that occupation. If the
review indicates that an occupation's fee collections
and regulatory costs are not approximately equal, the
department shall calculate fee adjustments and adopt
regulations under (a) of this section to implement the
adjustments. In January of each year, the department
shall report on all fee levels and revisions for the
previous year under this subsection to the office of
management and budget. If a board regulates an
occupation covered by this chapter, the department
shall consider the board's recommendations concerning
the occupation's fee levels and regulatory costs
before revising fee schedules to comply with this
subsection. In this subsection, "regulatory costs"
means costs of the department that are attributable to
regulation of an occupation plus
(1) all expenses of the board that
regulates the occupation if the board regulates only
one occupation;
(2) the expenses of a board that are
attributable to the occupation if the board regulates
more than one occupation.
* Sec. 2. AS 08.01.065 is amended by adding a new
subsection to read:
(l) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, the
department may adjust fee levels established under (a)
of this section so that money appropriated under
AS 43.70.080 offsets fees for occupations regulated
under this chapter. When adjusting fee levels under
this subsection, the department may consider the
relationship between the regulatory cost of an
occupation and income levels in that occupation."
Page 1, line 3:
Delete "Section 1"
Insert "Sec. 3"
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
CHAIR SUMNER announced that there being no objection, Amendment
1 was adopted.
3:18:15 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK moved to adopt Amendment 2 to HB 289,
labeled 33-GH2319\A.2, Gunther, 2/15/24, which read:
Page 1, lines 3 - 9:
Delete all material and insert:
"* Section 1. AS 43.70.030(a) is amended to read:
(a) The fee for each business license is $100
[$50] a year, except that
(1) the fee is $50 [$25] if the business is
a sole proprietorship and the sole proprietor is
(i) [(1)] 65 years of age or older when the
sole proprietor applies for the license or will reach
65 years of age at any time during the year for which
the license is issued; or
(ii) [(2)] a disabled veteran; and
(2) the fee is waived for the first year
the initial business license is issued if the person
holding the business license has not previously been
issued a business license."
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT objected.
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK explained that Amendment 2 would reduce a
barrier to entry for small businesses by waving the business
license fee for first time applicants.
3:18:53 PM
The committee took a brief at-ease at 3:18 p.m.
3:19:13 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Ruffridge and
Carrick voted in favor of Amendment 2. Representatives Prax,
Wright, Fields, Saddler, and Sumner voted against it.
Therefore, Amendment 2 failed to be adopted by a vote of 2-5.
3:20:38 PM
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to report HB 289, as amended, out
of committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying zero fiscal note. There being no objection, CSHB
289(L&C) was reported out of the House Labor and Commerce
Standing Committee.