HOUSE BILL NO. 400                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the collection of fees by the                                                                          
     Department of Public Safety for fire and explosion                                                                         
     prevention and safety services."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
10:06:52 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon  gave a brief  history of the bill.   The                                                                    
public hearing on the bill had been opened and closed.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Bishop  addressed a  new  fiscal  note from  the                                                                    
Department of Public Safety. He read from the analysis:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     Should this bill pass, DPS  would immediately begin the                                                                    
     regulation  process to  establish the  fee amounts  for                                                                    
     these  services. Though  the  fee amounts  will not  be                                                                    
     finalized until  completion of the  regulation process,                                                                    
     the  following amounts  are  suggested  as a  potential                                                                    
     starting point:                                                                                                            
     Fire  Inspections  -  $50  per  hour  with  a  one-hour                                                                
     minimum.  DFLS anticipates  the  average inspection  to                                                                    
     take  two  hours.  The  goal  is  to  accomplish  1,500                                                                    
     inspections  per  year;  but   currently  500  is  more                                                                    
     likely. Considering  500 two-hour inspections  per year                                                                  
     at $50 per hour, the  estimated annual revenue would be                                                                    
     $50,000.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Fire  Systems Technician  Permits -  $150 for  a 3-year                                                                
     permit. There are currently  535 active permit holders.                                                                    
     Permit renewals  are staggered resulting in  an average                                                                    
     of 178  permit renewals per year.  The estimated annual                                                                    
     revenue  from  issuance  of   these  permits  would  be                                                                    
     $26,700.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Fire  Extinguisher  Technician  Permits  - $100  for  a                                                                  
     3-year permit.  There are  currently 231 active  permit                                                                  
     holders. Permit renewals are  staggered resulting in an                                                                    
     average of  77 permit renewals per  year. The estimated                                                                    
     annual revenue from                                                                                                        
     issuance of these permits would be $7,700.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Based  on  the  analysis  above,  the  total  estimated                                                                    
     annual  revenue  would  be   $84,400.  The  actual  fee                                                                    
     amounts  will  not  be   known  until  the  regulations                                                                    
     process is  completed. FY2019  revenue is  estimated at                                                                    
     $42,200 based on the anticipated                                                                                           
     effective date of the regulations.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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Co-Chair MacKinnon introduced the bill sponsor.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JONATHAN   KREISS-TOMKINS,  SPONSOR,  stated                                                                    
that the  bill came  out of  the House  Finance Subcommittee                                                                    
process  in which  the Department  of Public  Safety made  a                                                                    
recommendation  during the  subcommittee process.  He shared                                                                    
that  the bill  broadens  the services  that  Fire and  Life                                                                    
Safety could  offer and  their ability  to collect  fees for                                                                    
those services.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Bishop MOVED to report HB 400 out of Committee                                                                       
with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal                                                                     
note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HB 400 was REPORTED out of committee with a "no                                                                                 
recommendation" recommendation and with one new fiscal                                                                          
impact note from the Department of Public Safety.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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