HB 2433 -- State Agency Fees

Sponsor:  Schlottach

This bill requires all state departments and agencies to review,
prior to December 31, 2010, all fees imposed for services and
licensing to determine whether they are sufficient to cover the
actual costs incurred by the state and authorizes them to
increase the fees to an amount that is sufficient to cover the
actual costs.  Any department or agency that increases a fee must
maintain and make available upon request the written
documentation used as the basis for the increase and submit a
list of all increased fees for the preceding fiscal year to the
Office of Administration annually beginning January 31, 2012.

The Office of Administration must submit an annual report to the
Governor and the General Assembly beginning February 15, 2012,
which must include a list of all fees increased during the
preceding fiscal year.  The list must identify specific fee
increases, the service or license for which the fee is imposed,
the previous fee amount, the increased fee amount, and the total
savings realized by the department or agency as a result of the
fee increase.

Any savings to the state realized by an increase in fees for
services or licensing will be distributed in the following
manner:

(1)  The state's appropriated core budget for each department or
agency will be reduced by the total amount saved;

(2)  Fifty percent of the savings will be refunded to taxpayers
on a proration based on the tax liability reported annually on
Missouri state income tax returns; and

(3)  Fifty percent of the savings will be deposited into the
newly created Business Startup and Entrepreneurial Development
Fund to be used by the Department of Economic Development to
establish a program to increase the number of new business
startups, for entrepreneurial business development in Missouri,
and to implement the provisions of the bill.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:14 pm