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Homeland Security seeks authority to adjust hazardous‑chemical fee, raise facility cap
Summary
Homeland Security Division Director Darren Hanson told the committee the bill would remove a fixed $25 hazardous‑chemical fee from statute, authorize the director to set the fee with notice, raise the per‑facility cap and permit penalties for certain non‑reporting government facilities.
Darren Hanson, director of the Homeland Security Division at the Department of Emergency Services, appeared before the Government Operations Division Committee to explain Senate Bill 2,082, a proposal to revise the state’s hazardous‑chemical fee structure.
Hanson told the committee the current statutory fee—$25 per the Century Code—was set in 1991 and has not been updated. The bill would allow the Homeland Security…
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