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Committee approves technical/concurrence bills on card fees and city-collector references
Summary
The committee approved a House concurrence limiting debit/credit card charges to actual processor expenses (Senate Bill 98) and passed a cleanup bill removing references to elected city collectors (House Bill 1266); both measures passed by voice vote with no public testimony in the transcript.
Senator Cooper explained a concurrence to a House amendment on Senate Bill 98 that addresses how much a merchant may charge for debit or credit card transactions; the amendment limits allowable charges to the merchant's actual processor expenses. Committee members heard the explanation, no public testimony was offered, and the concurrence was approved by voice vote (tally not specified).
Representative (President) Warren presented House Bill 1266 as a cleanup bill removing statutory references to elected city collectors, noting the role is now appointed in practice and elected municipal collectors are effectively no longer present in the state. The committee moved and passed HB1266 by voice vote (tally not specified).
