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Committee forwards a slate of bills including vessel-registration fee change, crime-victims filing extension and retirement adjustment
Summary
The committee reported several bills favorably or with technical fixes: HB79 (vessel registration fee bookkeeping to support a reservoir management grant fund), a Senate companion presented by Senator Kitchens, a crime-victims compensation filing-deadline extension to two years (with a corrected effective date), HB145 (removing a third-party payment requirement), and HB159 (allowing circuit clerks to join a regular retirement system).
The Ways and Means General Fund committee moved several bills forward with limited debate:
- HB 79 (Representative Crawford): Sponsor said a prior reserve-management grant program was set up with a $5 fee added to vessel registration; the change represented bookkeeping to ensure a $5 portion is routed to a reservoir management grant fund and preserve Coast Guard grants rather than a new tax. Committee members sought clarification about the mechanics; the…
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