Loading chat...
AL SB251
Bill
Status
2/28/2017
Primary Sponsor
Linda Coleman-Madison
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Allows state agencies with statutory authority to levy or assess fees to increase fees by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, calculated from the previous 10 years or since the last fee increase, whichever is shorter.
-
Limits fee increases to a maximum of 2 percent per year, with recalculation allowed every 5 years using the previous 5 years of Consumer Price Index data.
-
Permits any fee increase adopted to be distributed according to the applicable law for that fee, rather than requiring the increase to be retained by the agency.
-
Requires any fee schedule change under this section to comply with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
-
Exempts the Alabama Public Service Commission, State Parks Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and State Banking Department from these provisions.
Legislative Description
State agencies, fees authorized to be lowered or assessed by agencies, requirement to apply to retain fees to fund agency deleted, distrib. as provided for fees, Sec. 41-1-11 am'd.
State Agencies
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
2/28/2017