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LFA briefs subcommittee on fee bill changes, ISF adjustments and agency fee updates (Senate Bill 8)
Summary
Legislative Fiscal Analyst staff reviewed the initial draft of the state fee bill (Senate Bill 8) and highlighted marginal rate changes to the Attorney General legal‑services ISF, corrections’ sale of goods/services estimates and DPS fee shifts including concealed‑weapons program dynamics.
Legislative Fiscal Analyst staff briefed the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee on Jan. 31 about draft changes in the state agency fee bill (Senate Bill 8) and internal service fund (ISF) rate adjustments.
Nate Osborne of the LFA said the fee bill packages fees that are not statutorily set into a single annual bill, while statutory fees must be changed by separate legislation. He reviewed small hourly rate adjustments in the Attorney General’s legal‑services ISF (for example, attorney hourly rates rising from $161 to $163 in the draft), which reflect personnel‑cost trends for services billed across agencies.
Gary Sykes of the LFA went through changes in corrections (sale of goods and materials and sale of services estimates) and noted a statutory change moved the sex‑offender registry from corrections to public safety in a prior session. Osborne and Sykes flagged a DPS concern: the Bureau of Criminal Identification and the concealed‑weapons function have structural revenue issues, including a fee sweep that affects available revenue; LFA staff said the proposed fee adjustments help address a shortfall.
Why it matters: the fee bill consolidates many recurring agency fee adjustments and ISF rates; small changes can affect agency internal budgets and projected fee revenue for the general fund and restricted accounts. LFA staff said most fees are routine and marginally adjusted, but some structural issues require attention.
Ending: LFA staff offered to answer detailed questions from agencies; the committee did not take immediate votes on the fee bill during the Jan. 31 session.
