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Union County permit-fee increase fails in State and Local Government Committee
Summary
House Bill 14-30, a local measure to change Union County building-permit fees to 50 cents per square foot, failed after debate over whether the change was a fee or a tax and a failed motion to send the measure to summer study.
Representative Chairman Powers introduced House Bill 14-30, a local bill for Union County that would change building-permit charges from a flat fee to 50 cents per square foot for residential and commercial permits. Powers told the committee the last increase to Union County’s permitting fee was in February 1955.
Representative Warner asked whether the change would be considered a tax increase. Chairman Powers responded that it was a permitting fee increase rather than a tax and noted the county had not raised permitting fees in decades.
Representative Warner moved to send the bill to summer study; that motion failed. The committee then called the previous question and took a roll-call vote on the bill. The clerk announced the vote as 4 ayes, 6 nays and 7 present not voting; Chairman Powers was advised that his bill failed in committee.
The transcript records committee debate limited to the sponsor’s explanation and the question about whether the change constituted a tax; there was no additional recorded public testimony in the excerpt.
