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Ways & Means amends H 86 to clarify certification fee authority, sends bill forward 7-4
Summary
The Ways & Means Committee amended House Bill 86 (draft 2.1) to clarify who may charge a certification fee for commercial applicators and removed the words "up to" from a $250,000 appropriation; the committee voted the bill favorable, 7-4.
The Ways & Means Committee amended House Bill 86 (draft 2.1) to specify who may charge a certification fee for commercial applicators and removed the phrase "up to" from a $250,000 appropriation; the committee then voted the bill favorable, 7-4.
Legislative Council attorney Michael Grady told members they would see “a draft 2.1 with, April 25 date and a 10:24AM time stamp” on the committee website and summarized the changes staff had made to the bill’s text. He said the amendment clarifies that any fee charged to commercial applicators for certification may be charged either by the state or by a third-party vendor, and that such a fee would require approval by the General Assembly. He also noted language in the appropriation section that previously read “up to 250,000” had been removed at members’ direction.
The committee considered and adopted an amendment to incorporate the revised language Grady described; the clerk recorded the amendment as favorable. After adopting the amendment, members moved to find H 86 as amended favorable. The final committee vote was recorded 7-4 in favor.
The changes adopted on the floor of the committee are limited to: (1) clarification of who may impose a certification fee (state or third-party vendor) and (2) removal of the qualifier “up to” from a $250,000 appropriation line. Michael Grady identified the bill text as draft 2.1 (April 25, 10:24 a.m.) while explaining those edits.
The record shows a prior roll call on the amendment (clerk reported the amendment vote favorable, 11 in favor) and a subsequent roll call on the bill as amended (final tally 7 yes, 4 no). Individual member votes were recorded by the clerk during roll call; the transcript records the final tally but does not provide a complete, unambiguous per-member mapping in every instance in the available excerpt.
Members indicated the committee would resume consideration of related scheduling and testimony on the bill at a later meeting (members said they expect to resume work on the bill on Tuesday).
