Bill Text: HI HB1821 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State Service Fees; Public Notice; Public Hearing
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-21 - Referred to FIN, referral sheet 3 [HB1821 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1821-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state service fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that state service fee increases are mandated without public review, and impose a financial burden to the public. The public has a right to both know and give input regarding the proposal of significant fee increases or decreases. Therefore, the purpose of this bill is to require that increases or decreases to fees or nontax revenues pursuant to section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, comply with the public notice and public hearing requirements of chapter 91.
SECTION 2. Section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§92-28 State service fees; increase or decrease of. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the fees or other nontax revenues assessed or charged by any board, commission, or other governmental agency may be increased or decreased by the body in an amount not to exceed fifty per cent of the statutorily assessed fee or nontax revenue, to maintain a reasonable
relation between the revenues derived from such fee or nontax revenue and the cost or value of services rendered, comparability among fees imposed by the State, or any other purpose which it may deem necessary and reasonable; provided that:
(1) The authority to increase or decrease fees or nontax revenues shall be subject to the approval of the governor and extend only to the following: chapters 36, 92, 94, 142, 144, 145, 147, 150, 171, 188, 189, 231, 269, 271, 321, 338, 373, 412, 414, 414D, 415A, 417E, 419, 421, 421C, 421H, 421I, 425, 425E, 428, 431, 436E, 437, 437B, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443B, 444, 447, 448, 448E, 448F, 448H, 451A, 451J, 452, 453, 453D, 454, 455, 456, 457, 457A, 457B, 457G, 458, 459, 460J, 461, 461J, 462A, 463, 463E, 464, 465, 466, 466K, 467, 467E, 468E, 468L, 468M, 469, 471, 482, 482E, 484, 485A, 501, 502, 505, 514A, 514B, 514E, 572, 574, and 846 (part II);
(2) The authority to increase or decrease fees or nontax revenues under the chapters listed in paragraph (1) that are established by the department of commerce and consumer affairs shall apply to fees or nontax revenues established by statute or rule;
(3) The authority to increase or decrease fees or nontax revenues established by the University of Hawaii under chapter 304A shall be subject to the approval of the board of regents; provided that the board's approval of any increase or decrease in tuition for regular credit courses shall be preceded by an open public meeting held during or prior to the semester preceding the semester to which the tuition applies;
(4) This section shall not apply to judicial fees as may be set by any chapter cited in this section;
(5) The authority to increase or decrease fees or nontax revenues pursuant to this section shall not be exempt from the public notice and public hearing requirements of chapter 91; and
(6) Fees for copies of proposed and final rules and public notices of proposed rulemaking actions under chapter 91 shall not exceed 10 cents a page, as required by section 91-2.5."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
State Service Fees; Public Notice; Public Hearing
Description:
Requires that increases or decreases to fees or nontax revenues pursuant to section 92-28 comply with the public notice and public hearing requirements of chapter 91.
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