Introduced
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To replace the current fixed fees on the many various professions which require state licensure or registration, with new fees to be determined by the legislature in annual budget bills. Most current fees were set over the years as particular statutes establishing the various license and registration requirements were adopted. Under the bill, licensed professionals would not know how much new or renewed license fees would be until an annual appropriations bill was passed with the new amounts. Fees could potentially vary by a considerable amount as the legislature seeks to use fee revenue to pay for state spending. This bill is one of many authorizing fee increases totaling some $125.5 million which Gov. Jennifer Granholm is proposing to close a gap between state spending and expected revenue in the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 budget.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
