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• The legal cannabis industry, which is subject to state and local taxes and fees, is coming...
• California's excise taxes and licensing fees are 124% and 162% higher, respectively, than Michigan's.
• And altogether, our taxes and fees account for about 77.5% of total wholesale value.
• They're funding the entire regulatory system through their fees.
• And now we... ...any of the fines and fees that aid in enforcement.

Summary: The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee met with a delayed start while waiting for quorum, then heard several bills before moving to the suspense file. AB 564 by Assemblymember Haney would freeze the planned cannabis excise tax increase at 15% rather than allow it to rise to 25%; supporters argued the legal cannabis industry is struggling against the illicit market and high taxes, while opponents said the measure would reduce funding for children, youth programs, environmental restoration, and enforcement promised under Prop. 64. The bill was sent to suspense during regular order and later approved out of suspense on a 6-0 vote with amendments, including a five-year sunset and a reduced rate. AB 1265, also by Haney, would extend and expand the state historic tax credit to encourage rehabilitation of vacant historic buildings for housing and mixed-use projects; preservation and housing advocates supported it, and it was also sent to suspense rather than voted on immediately. The committee then heard AB 1377 by Assemblymember McKenna, which would require studios seeking optional diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility film tax credits to complete the plans they submit to the California Film Commission. Labor supporters said studios should do more than make good-faith efforts, and the bill passed 5-1 to Appropriations. AB 1416 by Vice Chair Ta would clarify disaster-related property tax deferrals for homeowners who have requested installment plans, and it passed 7-0 to the Assembly Floor. Afterward, the chair gave a general warning that the bills on suspense represented large revenue losses and emphasized the committee’s need to weigh tax expenditures against other state priorities. On the suspense file, the committee approved AB 27, AB 53, AB 97, AB 231, AB 232, AB 429, AB 613, AB 984, and AB 1485, mostly on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, while AB 547 passed 5-1. Several other bills, including AB 386, AB 389, AB 490, AB 6991, AB 814, AB 1057, AB 1219, AB 1282, AB 1354, AB 1431, AB 1435, and AB 1481, were held in committee. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning after completing the suspense-file actions.

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• It brings in look at what that fee is.
• >> Oh, I have it at the tip of my tongue. >> Is it engineering? >> It's engineering.
• I'm sorry. >> You are an engineer. Yes, you're you are. >> You are an engineer.
• Us engineers, you know, like I say, I are an engineer. We're good with the numbers.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• the Navigable Stream Adjudication Commission from the water banking fund to be used to pay for legal fees
• So, because I was looking through the other line items, when it says legal fees in FY 2027, is that in
• know, under the provisions number two, it says that it continues to declare science, technology, engineering
• It continues to declare science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and workforce programs, state

Summary: House Republican caucus met on April 29 to review the FY 2027 budget package and several related “budget implementation” bills, with Chairman Livingston noting that HB 2415 was being held. Staff and members walked through HB 4138, the General Appropriations Act (“feed bill”), which appropriates about $17.96 billion from the general fund and includes one-time fund transfers, 5% lump-sum reductions for most agencies, funding for the state health insurance plan, school facilities, child care, correctional officer stipends, public safety, and other prior-year items. Members emphasized that the budget reflected House and Senate negotiations after the governor left budget talks, and Republican leaders framed it as a package that lowers taxes, shrinks government, and funds priorities such as K-12, child care, foster care, and public safety. The caucus then reviewed a series of mostly standard budget bills: HB 4139 on gaming/racing assessments; HB 4140 on federal monies, the budget stabilization fund, and ACE initiative savings reporting; HB 4141 on capital outlay, highway construction, airport funding, and rural transportation match funds; HB 4142 on commerce and lottery distributions; HB 4143 on corrections reporting; HB 4144 on environmental provisions and water-related fund uses; HB 4145 on state employee health insurance premiums and DES reforms; HB 4146 on higher education funding provisions; HB 4147 on SNAP administration and error-rate reduction; HB 4148 on K-12 inflation adjustments, school facilities, and ASDB property-sale oversight; HB 4150 on county expenditure flexibility and state office rent rates; HB 4151 on the Department of Revenue’s integrated tax system funding and related charges; HB 4152 on tax conformity, deductions, and repeal of several renewable-energy tax preferences and the Rio Nuevo diversion; and HB 4153 on transportation reporting. Discussion repeatedly centered on health plan solvency, SNAP/ACCESS eligibility and fraud controls, school funding, rural transportation, and tax conformity and relief. The caucus also took up several blue-sheet bills: HB 2035 on extended-family placement notifications in child welfare cases; HB 2170 restricting certain PRC-controlled companies from state IT contracts; HB 2249 expanding Parents’ Bill of Rights provisions; HB 2573 on DUI interlock/restricted-license rules and psychotherapy definitions; and HB 2873, which was amended to allow withdrawal of referendum petitions before ballot qualification. HB 2415 was held. The Speaker closed by praising the caucus for its budget work, saying the package delivers tax relief, protects vulnerable populations and public safety, and reflects months of Republican negotiations, and the meeting adjourned to the floor.

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• , SOMEONE'S GOT TO GO IN THERE AND PULL THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF HOMES, THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE THE FIRE ENGINE
• THEY GO TO A WILDFIRE GRIEVING TOWARDS A SUBDIVISION THAT WILL CALL IN FOR STRAIGHT TEAM FIRE ENGINES
• WE CAN PUT IT IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
• TRADITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES PRIMARILY GAS TAX AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHER SOURCES LIKE STAMPS, SURCHARGE FEES

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• been an outstanding member in our community to provide the education resources that we need for engineering
• well as our students, hopefully there's a lot of NASA. of folks going to school there, getting engineering
• Authorizing the fee, refer to the Committee on Transportation.
• licensing and regulation of new sports programs providing civil and administrative penalties, authorizing fees

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• nuclear is presented now, there is so much ignorance around the safety and how things have been engineered
• There is so much ignorance around the safety and how things have been engineered out and the cost.
• There are fees to be had when you issue bonds; there's fees to be had when you join in developers and
• developer fees.
• And I think that funding could also come, Developers and developer fees.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• HSIs serve as powerful engines of social and economic mobility, providing these first-generation, low-income
• Because I have to look at this from a budget standpoint, because we always get fee increases and then
• The California College Promise can manifest as a fee waiver that covers the tuition costs of qualifying
• Currently, to qualify for this fee waiver, students must meet specified criteria, including enrollment
• Community colleges in California are the primary workforce engine: nurses, teachers, advanced manufacturing

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• property is near an existing main, and the customer pays all Representative Alvarez: lawful rates and fees
• It requires only that capacity be available from an engineering standpoint, but just because something
• It offers no means for utilities, particularly the small ones, to pay for an engineering consultant to
• consultant on retainer for the lawsuits that will inevitably follow, led by the promise of attorneys' fees
• allows municipalities who serve outside the municipal boundaries to collect between 25 and 50% more in fees

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• In addition, CSU estimates its tuition and fee revenue will increase by about $188 million in 2025-26
• We know that our California State University is the workhorse of educating our engineers, teachers, and
• So, Issue 8 is a State Library proposal to address cybersecurity and to re-establish a fee in support
• Fees.
• The requirement allocating a portion of that fee revenue to the law library sunsets at the end of 2024

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Or are there some fees that you? Sure.
• That would be an hourly fee.
• Generally, project management or project oversight is the fees.
• and higher education student fees.
• And again, this is, whatever happened with the student fees, right?

Summary: The committee approved the March 26 minutes and then received a quarterly update on major IT projects from NDIT. Staff reported the portfolio included 116 major projects totaling about $546 million, with the overall portfolio under budget but slightly behind schedule. They reviewed projects over the 20% variance threshold, including an Industrial Commission grants management system and DOT’s roadway pre-construction replacement, and then heard startup and closeout reports from HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT. Several previously troubled projects were closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning; some projects finished under budget and ahead of schedule, while others were significantly behind schedule or over budget but were now closed or being remediated. The committee also reviewed NDIT’s annual report, including service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how service-fund revenue and grant administrative charges are accounted for, how chargebacks work, and whether NDIT tracks customer satisfaction scores. NDIT said it does track CSAT-type measures in some service areas and has survey data, but it is not planning another customer survey this summer. Members encouraged more regular reporting of customer satisfaction, service-level metrics, and performance data to help guide future improvements. A major portion of the meeting focused on the state’s mainframe modernization effort. NDIT said the overall effort is still targeting about 2030, with multiple HHS and DOT projects underway and a $15 million tech-debt appropriation already removing some components. Staff described the main obstacles as data cleanup, complex integrations, limited staff capacity, retirements, and vendor constraints, and said they are seeking a vendor with modernization support in the next contract cycle. Members pressed for clearer accountability and faster progress, and NDIT and HHS emphasized that they are working jointly but need continued support and better tools. The committee then heard a cybersecurity update on NDIT’s statewide services and maturity assessments. NDIT explained that it provides vulnerability scanning, endpoint protection, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that these services are tied to a cybersecurity maturity assessment based on CIS controls. Members questioned the sharp drop in participation since 2020 and whether the self-assessment should be mandatory or tied more strongly to StageNet access or insurance incentives. NDIT said participation is voluntary, but Enderf is now requiring annual assessments to keep a 4% insurance discount, and members discussed whether stronger requirements or audit authority may be needed. The meeting ended as the committee began a follow-up discussion on BEAD broadband connection costs and why some locations are much more expensive to connect than others.

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• If you were an engineer, you go to work as an apprentice as a mechanic first before you become an engineer
• I'm hoping to major in mechanical engineering and mathematics, of course.
• We also offer other teachers of record outside the AP, and we do charge a nominal fee for those: $175
• While other authorizers were taking the full 3% authorization fee, we were only taking 0.4% to run our
• And these are net fee returns, so this is after everyone has been paid.

Keywords: 914, all

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• like to talk about is the work we're doing with the GINA Mutual Domestic, who had an Army Corps of Engineers
• It allowed them to hire their first-ever full-time staff member to administer the Army Corps of Engineers
• With the sources of revenue for the CLS line item, I know that there are fund balance amounts and fees
• Those are the court filing fees that you mentioned.
• general fund above what the request is, I don't think there's much that can be done in terms of court fee

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• lays out a framework to ensure that revenue generated by our central business district's economic engine
• What's the benefit there, other than further regulation, further fees, taxation, etc.?
• Okay, but shouldn't lawyers have to spend a bunch of money on lawyer fees to do this? 100%.
• Council believed the Historic Commission's recommendation, and despite multiple structural issues... engineers
• and civil engineers warned of the building's immediate dangers.

Bills: HB22, SB250, SB375, SB536, SB845, SB1633, SB1944, SB1957, SB2081, SB2137, SB2262, SB2299, SB2419, SB2452, SB2522, SB2549, SB2594, SB2605, SB2631, SB2639, SB2675, SB3029, SJR60, HB22, HB1392, HB2525

Keywords: emergency communication, broadband, funding, natural disasters, technology, HB 22, Texas broadband development office, comptroller, emergency communications, early warning systems, disaster alerts, natural disaster notifications, interoperable communications, interoperable emergency radio, public safety communications, 9-1-1, next generation 9-1-1, NG911, broadband grants, low-interest loans

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• One of our bill requests this year will be to raise the Background fees came into existence in 1994 and
• We would not ask to raise that fee.
• I can't remember off the top of my head what that fee is right now, but that will remain.
• Can't remember what that fee is, but we're not asking for an increase to that.
• Of communication devices, everything, laptops in it, engines, and everything.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Um, a room change fee, MA billing fee, excessive emails fee, $15 per email.
• Um, a room change fee, MA billing fee, excessive emails fee, $15 per email.
• Um, a room change fee, MA billing fee, excessive emails fee, $15 per email.
• Um, a room change fee, MA billing fee, excessive emails fee, $15 per email.
• A room change fee, MA billing fee, excessive emails fee, $15 per email.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, the third year was planning, engineering, going out to bid, um, and now here we are in the fourth
• I'm a professor in Environmental Engineering at the New Mexico State University.
• , process engineers, construction, and even including electrical engineers or water engineers and the
• distribution electrical engineers.
• Uh, we've visited with the state engineer about the water issues.

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• I would say it's akin to maybe MD when it comes to engineers or nursing when it comes to nurses.
• You've got a ton of nurses or a ton of engineers in this case, a ton of attorneys.
• maybe MD dot when it comes to engineers maybe MD dot when it comes to engineers or<00:36:41.599>
• We sent our initial letter in September, which had several items for outside counsel fees.
• So now we're having to suffer expenses of legal fees because the federal government, Congress, has not

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 13 January, 2026; 1:45 PM, 925, all

Summary: The subcommittee heard first from the Office of State Public Defender, which said its core budget request was essentially level funding, with attorney and investigator pay raises already included because of the DA pay raise linkage. The main discussion focused on two initiatives: a rural public defense pilot in four counties and a Hinds County/Jackson public defense expansion. The pilot, funded last year with capital expense money, has formed a nonprofit, hired a director and staff, opened an office in Kosciusko, and began taking cases on October 1; most of its 44 cases involved day-one jail visits. The office said the project is intended to improve early representation, reduce jail time, and generate data, while not displacing local public defenders. For Hinds County, the office said new data show about 31% of cases originate from state-agency arrests, and it is seeking roughly $525,000 more to fully fund positions, bringing the total request to about $952,972 for five lawyers, an investigator, a legal secretary, and office expenses. Senators asked about funding sources and workload standards; the office said the pilot request had been submitted as general funds rather than capital expense, and that it is using weighted workload measures rather than strict national caseload standards. The committee then heard from the Attorney General’s office, represented by Deputy Attorney General Doug Miracle, who presented the FY 2027 budget request. The office requested $45.48 million total, including $35.31 million in general funds, which is a reduction from the prior year’s appropriation, but also requested a $1.58 million increase in salary funding. Miracle said the office is losing attorneys to other state agencies and district attorney offices because of salary caps and pay disparities, noting the Attorney General’s statutory salary cap of $150,000 and that more than 18 attorneys left last year. He said HB 1509 created higher pay levels for district attorneys and assistant district attorneys, making retention harder for the Attorney General’s office, and asked for either the salary increase or authority to move funds between budget lines. Miracle also highlighted the office’s work on child welfare and human trafficking, noting that federal HHS officials were visiting Jackson to discuss foster children and that the office administers the state’s human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation fund. He said the office is working to reduce time children spend in state custody and support services for trafficking victims and foster youth. The committee discussed statewide youth court reform as well, with Miracle explaining that the office supports expert recommendations and a plan that could create 25 youth court positions in 20 chancery districts at an estimated $10 million, based on DHS and AOC data and a model using state-employed and contract lawyers. No votes were taken during the excerpted meeting.

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• currently Chief of Facilities Management for the Delaware Solid Waste Authority and a professional engineer
• with a background in environmental science and environmental engineering.
• Instead of imposing lifetime bans or trying to restore somebody's ability to pay fines and fees, it defines

Bills: HB364, HB364

Keywords: film production, tax credit, Delaware, esports, video games, media projects

Summary: The Senate Executive Committee first considered several gubernatorial appointments. Heidi Gilmore was nominated to the Marijuana Appeals Commission and said her real estate and administrative-law background would help her support implementation of Delaware’s new marijuana framework. Lee Wynne Lynn and Ruth Tucker were both nominated to the Delaware River and Bay Authority Board; both emphasized long Delaware ties, public service, and experience in technology, transportation, and executive leadership, with committee members asking about modernization, cashless tolling, and potential conflicts of interest. Lindsay Alexic and Dr. Jennifer Hallman were nominated to the Professional Standards Board and described their classroom and administrative experience in Delaware public education, with discussion focused on supporting teachers, improving educator effectiveness, and helping schools address post-COVID classroom and student-support challenges. Jason Munion and F. Todd Collada were nominated to the Environmental Appeals Board; Munion cited his engineering and environmental background, while Collada noted his work as Milford’s mayor and a contractor. No votes on the nominations are reflected in the transcript excerpt. The committee then moved to legislation. House Bill 364 would create a Delaware Entertainment Production Tax Credit for film, television, e-sports, and video game production, with a $10 million annual cap, audit and reporting requirements, a 2031 sunset, and a focus on verified in-state spending and Delaware hiring; the bill was circulated after no public comment. House Bill 437 was described as a technical corrections bill affecting certain municipal charters and requiring a three-quarters vote; it also drew no public comment. The committee approved the previously circulated minutes by motion and second. House Bill 446 would reorganize the Delaware Forest Service chapter, consolidate authority in one section, and add definitions related to forests and urban forestry without creating new authority; House Amendment 1 was noted as clarifying existing authority for the Department of Agriculture. House Bill 180, the first leg of a constitutional amendment on voting, would limit felony-related voting loss to actual imprisonment or pardon, remove outdated residency and literacy provisions, update the voting age to 18, and eliminate a post-sentence voting ban; members raised a question about whether the change would apply retroactively, which was left for later clarification. No public comments were offered on the bills, and the committee adjourned after announcing written comments would be accepted for 24 hours.

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• , or whether a newly opened facility in Spanish Springs would also have to pay a fee.
• So it would not change the $500 fee at all. It would only change the $200 fee.
• So the businesses, the corporations that are affected by the $500 fee would not be touched.
• As many of you know, there's a compounding effect of fees at the state and local government level.
• And one of the things we do here is that the state license fee has gotten very high.

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• Tiny dispensing fee.
• Where this, so this isn't changing it from a 50 cent dispensing fee to an $11.40 cents dispensing fee
• Fee as a PBM-owned pharmacy makes and dispensing fees. Thank you for the question.
• The fees are guaranteed, so we'll be paying out fees if we're.
• Those fees are still paid.

Bills: HB4420, HB3974, HB3016, HB3062, HB3021, HB3145, HB4128, HB3131, HB3015, HB3472, HB3453, HB1638, HB4126, HB2696, HB2710, HB3552, HB3031, HB3544, HB3521, HB4490, HB4488, HB1746, HJR1069, HB4428, HB4429, HB1170, HB3538, HB4124, HB3904, HB4106, HB2999, HB3982, HJR1077, HB3464, HB2588, HB3462, HB4440, HB3674, HB3345, HJR1067, HB4326, HB4331, HB4337, HB4338, HB4359, HB4392, HB3557, HJR1076, HB4003, HB3495, HB3497, HB3501, HB3505, HB3749, HB3011, HB4336, HB4346, HJR1087, HB3240, HB3647, HB3796, HB3969, HB3972, HB3983, HB3984, HB3989, HB3383, HB3130, HB4358, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3386, HJR1089, HB3087, HB2970, HB3314, HB4129, HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights