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Assembly panel questions broad fee authority sought by California Air Resources Board
Summary
The California Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 spent much of its hearing probing a trailer bill request that would give the California Air Resources Board authority to assess and collect regulatory fees from entities that emit toxic air contaminants and other pollutants.
The California Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 spent much of its hearing probing a trailer bill request that would give the California Air Resources Board authority to assess and collect regulatory fees from entities that emit toxic air contaminants and other pollutants.
Brandon Merritt, Department of Finance, described the proposal as statutory authority for CARB to "assess and collect fees from emitters of toxic air contaminants and other pollutants to recover CARB's reasonable costs in developing, implementing and enforcing its statutory authority to regulate these harmful pollutants." Merritt emphasized the fees would be intended to cover CARB's reasonable costs, not to function as a separate pollution tax.
Helen Kerstein of the Legislative Analyst's Office recommended rejecting the trailer bill, calling the request…
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