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House adopts amendment to commercial waste fee bill after debate over whether taxpayers will shoulder Energy Solutions inspection fees
Summary
Lawmakers adopted an amendment in House Bill 169 to clarify reporting and narrowly debated whether appropriations could be used to cover inspection fees for Energy Solutions; sponsors said the bill enables appropriators to fund fees, while critics warned it could shift up to roughly $1.7 million a year to taxpayers; supporters pointed to roughly $300 million paid by the company over 16 years.
Representative Notwell introduced House Bill 169, a commercial-waste fee amendment, and moved Amendment 1, described on the House floor as a technical clarification from the Division of Finance stating that the Tax Commission is to provide a report rather than a specified amount.
Notwell said the bill "allows the legislature through our appropriations process to fund some or all of the program fee that the owner operator pays to cover their inspections," and that if the Legislature does not appropriate fees, "the owner operator is responsible to cover the remainder of their fees." (Representative Notwell)
Opponents and questioners pressed on whether the change…
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