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Union County permitting fee proposal to charge 50¢ per square foot fails in committee
Summary
House Bill 14-30, which would have changed Union County building permit fees to 50¢ per square foot, was debated and failed in committee 4-6 with 7 present not voting; sponsor and members disputed whether the change constituted a tax.
Chairman Powers, sponsor of House Bill 14-30, described the measure as a local bill for Union County that would set building permit fees at 50 cents per square foot for residential and commercial permits and said the last fee increase occurred in February 2005.
The bill matters because it would change the local revenue collected for building permits in a county described in the record as a destination for…
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