Committee debates sweeping fee bill; tabling motion carries after heated exchanges
Senate Bill 264 would authorize multiple agencies to adjust fees and index certain charges to CPI; committee members clashed over delegating fee authority to agencies and the bill was tabled after extensive testimony and an amendment vote.
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Senate Bill 264, an omnibus bill that would raise and modernize a range of agency fees and allow some to be adjusted by formula, prompted extended questioning from committee members about legislative oversight, delegation and the difference between fees and taxes.
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