03/23/2000 01:55 PM House FIN

HOUSE BILL NO. 361                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
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 or 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.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Therriault spoke to the new fiscal notes contained                                                                     
in the bill packet.  He stated that the fiscal notes                                                                            
amounted to more than justified and that there would                                                                            
continue to be work done with the agencies.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Mulder MOVED to adopt the fiscal notes to accompany                                                                    
the CS HB 361 (FIN).  There being NO OBJECTION, it was so                                                                       
order.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CS HB 361 (FIN) moved from Committee on March 22, 2000; it                                                                      
accompanied with the new fiscal notes by the (5) the Office                                                                     
of the Governor, (3) Department of Environmental                                                                                
Conservation and (1) by the Department of Law, and a zero                                                                       
note by Department of Natural Resources.