Video & Transcript Research : 'engineering fees'

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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Health Care Affordability, Select May 1st, 2026

Health Care Affordability, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • They do not want to do traditional fee-for-service; they only want to do value-based payment.
  • So I graduated college, and I got a great engineering job, right?
  • But I will say to your point, yes, they pay them quickly unless they claw it back with DIR fees.
  • Yes, they pay them quickly unless they claw it back with DIR fees and other things like that, retroactive
  • And so that's why I've listed the fee-for-service model here.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • Twenty-six years old, two young children, and we opened it with a sliding fee scale.
  • Sliding fee scale with a mission of affordable, high-quality, and accessible to all.
  • Dow, I wouldn't call it a voucher system, so I don't agree with that characterization or the sliding fee
  • You might not want to call it a sliding fee scale, but prior to universal, a family making under 400%
  • It's okay to have a sliding fee scale or copay, whatever you want to call it.
Keywords: 996, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (04/10/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, we last time the fines and fees?
  • want to use that, you don't pay the fee. want to use that, you don't pay the fee.
  • You don't pay the fee. it. You don't pay the fee.
  • and pay for the things that those fees and pay for the things that those fees uh<04:23:33.359>
  • This amendment contains no new taxes, no new fees, or any change in any tax or fee rate over what we've
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/12/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without relief, we face the difficult choice to value engineer key improvements or postpone necessary
  • we Face the difficult choices to relief we Face the difficult choices to Value<01:15:02.600> engineer
  • <01:15:03.600> key<01:15:03.920> improvements<01:15:04.679> or Value engineer
  • key improvements or Value engineer key improvements or postponing<01:15:05.560> necessary<01:
  • It would not apply to those ticketing fees, just to events that the fair produces itself, which at this
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • And as the slide notes, we pay a number of taxes along with local franchise fees and then assessments
  • The technology here is reciprocating engines. And so, again, they'll be natural gas fired.
  • Uh, I have had great generator engineers that I've worked with, and I've asked them how long can you
  • You know, but if you can't afford a quarter of a million dollar application fee, but you're proposing
  • It goes up a $75,000 application fee. It goes up from<01:36:43.520> there."
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the previous meeting, and then heard a presentation from LG&E and KU representatives Caroline Clark and John Bevington on economic development, energy demand, and the utility’s role in supporting Kentucky’s growth. Bevington described the company’s service territory, generation fleet, and recent economic development activity, including 76 projects supported in 2024, more than $2.8 billion in private investment, and over 3,000 new jobs. He emphasized that data centers are now the dominant driver in the pipeline, with 22 data center projects representing about 8.7 of the 9.7 gigawatts of potential demand, alongside other manufacturing and commercial projects. A major focus was how data centers choose sites and how utilities respond. Bevington explained that hyperscale data centers typically approach utilities first because they need transmission-level access, and that utilities then conduct internal analyses, estimate infrastructure needs, and require financial security before proceeding. He said the company is working through formal transmission studies and long-lead infrastructure planning, and noted that Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers helped attract interest. He also outlined the economic benefits of data centers, citing an announced Louisville project of 525 megawatts and about $11 billion in investment, with an estimated $500 million in new tax revenue over 10 years, plus broader job and GDP impacts. Members asked about whether data centers could generate their own power, the reliability of the pipeline numbers given confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and cybersecurity concerns. Bevington said the company does not assume all pipeline projects will materialize in Kentucky and instead assigns probabilities to avoid overbuilding. He also said he was not the right person to address cybersecurity in detail but offered to return to a committee focused on IT or security. In response to questions about future supply, he said LG&E and KU are adding generation through a 120-megawatt solar facility in Mercer County, a 120-megawatt solar purchase in Marion County, and a 645-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle plant in Louisville, with PSC approval recently granted for additional generation and related system upgrades.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/10/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • AIS account to align with the fee AIS account to align with the fee increase<00:02:47.280> and
  • a $5 fee and for fishing it's a $5 fee a $5 fee and for fishing it's a $5 fee and<01:53:23.199><
  • I want to fee. I use the river.
  • The fee went from $30 to $45. Um, and these fees were on a three-year license.
  • increased revenue from that fee increased revenue from that fee increase. increase. increase.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • possibly an engineer could do the<00:36:04.319> job<00:36:05.280> as<00:36:05.599>
  • Well, it's a fee that's charged; it's an assessment that's charged to the utilities based on the size
  • Well, it's a fee that's charged; it's an assessment that's charged to the utilities based on the size
  • <00:38:34.800> that's the rate payers well it's a fee that's the rate payers well it's a fee
  • They're backed up by teams of engineers and lawyers.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The hearing focused on House Bill 610, which would fold the Office of the Consumer Advocate into the Department of Energy rather than fully eliminate consumer advocacy functions. The prime sponsor argued the current office is small, funded by a special assessment on ratepayers, and duplicative of DOE work. He said moving the function to DOE would streamline energy policy review, reduce bureaucracy, and better focus the larger agency on lowering residential energy costs. He also disputed claims that the Consumer Advocate is independent, saying the office is appointed through a political process similar to DOE leadership. Committee members and the sponsor discussed whether the bill would actually relocate existing positions or replace them, and whether the Department of Energy would absorb the cost of the transferred staff. The sponsor said the fiscal note shows roughly a million-dollar reduction in both revenue assessment and spending, and that the bill would effectively reduce the office from five positions to three. He also defended his cost estimates for energy-code-related housing impacts and said the Consumer Advocate has sometimes supported policies he считает increase costs, such as energy-efficiency measures and building code changes. He argued the office should focus more on energy supply and generation, including natural gas and nuclear, rather than efficiency alone. Representative Wendy Thomas testified in opposition, saying the Consumer Advocate is an important, fair, and impartial voice for ratepayers and warning that the bill was fiscally irresponsible because the incumbent could still be owed salary and benefits if the office were repealed. She also said the bill’s drafting was confusing and that the Consumer Advocate’s role is to push back on utilities on behalf of consumers. Other members raised questions about whether the DOE would simply inherit the same political appointment structure and whether the bill would meaningfully lower bills. No vote was taken in the excerpt; the chair indicated additional testimony would follow, and the Department of Energy was present to answer questions.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have more engineers than any other state by far, more Nobel laureates, more patents by far than any
  • So over the past five, ten years, we’ve been internalizing more of our management and saving fees.
  • example, one of the things we learned as part of the collaborative model is that we not only saved fees
  • we propose funding these positions through existing resources, specifically ongoing administrative fee
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The hearing focused primarily on the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz) budget proposals and related implementation issues. Director D.D. Myers described the California Jobs First economic blueprint, regional planning efforts across 13 regions, and the state’s strategy to focus on sectors such as ag tech, space, life sciences, semiconductors, and emerging technologies. She also discussed the California brand campaign, foreign direct investment, export promotion, the film and television tax credit, and the California Civic Media Fund. Members raised concerns about journalism support, arts funding, AI’s impact on jobs, tariffs, manufacturing, and whether state incentives could be tied to job losses or automation. Myers emphasized that Go-Biz incentives are tied to job creation and accountability, and that the administration is working across agencies on AI workforce training and economic development alignment. The committee then heard trailer bill language for Jobs First. Go-Biz requested a reappropriation and extension of encumbrance deadlines for remaining administrative funds, along with statutory codification of the Office of Regional Economic Development Initiatives. Testimony highlighted the need to continue supporting regional partners, technical assistance, capital stacks, and permit streamlining. Public testimony from the Small Business Development Centers supported the proposal and noted the program’s role in helping small businesses access capital, create businesses, and support jobs. Members also reviewed Go-Biz’s request for additional staffing for the California Film Commission and for innovation and emerging technologies. The Film Commission request would fund three permanent positions to handle the expanded tax credit program; staff reported a sharp increase in applications and production activity, including more filming outside the Los Angeles 30-mile zone. The emerging technologies request would fund an assistant deputy director and a graduate student position to support sectors like quantum and fusion, with testimony explaining the state’s separate quantum and fusion investments, workforce needs, and efforts to build state capacity around these technologies. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided, and the committee moved on to public comment and then to other agenda items.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:18 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Local Infrastructure Act, and reform a number of the ways that we give the PRC the ability to collect fees
  • to require delivery on expectations by removing the sunset that would have... ...ability to collect fees
  • $10 million, because of what's happened at the federal level, Madam Chair and... ability to collect fees
  • I have a feeling the engineering brain in Senator Thornton is something that is just tickling your brainwaves
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:25 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And with respect to AI And various search engines when I type in 'How much CO2 am I breathing out?'
  • Having uniform fees, taxes, and zoning regulations across the board for child care homes and centers
  • Not allowing municipalities to levy new taxes And fees or residential zoning regulation make opening
  • Permitting and rezoning processes, special use requirements, local fees, And local zoning requirements
Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 13th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • than 60 locations and seven districts across Texas that emphasize rigorous science, technology, engineering
  • The rest. things they collect and sales tax fees and stuff goes to some of the other stuff but the basic
  • transportation. 59 by Schwartner relating to authorization and reimbursement for certain examination fee
  • Bill 887. by Eckhart relating to the authority of a municipality to use funds collected from an impact fee
Bills: SJR2, SB4, SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SJR1, SJR5, SB9, SB40, SJR2, SB4, SR98, SJR40, SJR41, SJR42, SJR43, SJR44, SJR45, SJR46, SJR47, SCR13, SB6, SB13, SB21, SB826, SB827, SB828, SB829, SB830, SB831, SB832, SB833, SB834, SB835, SB836, SB837, SB838, SB839, SB840, SB841, SB842, SB843, SB844, SB845, SB846, SB847, SB848, SB849, SB850, SB851, SB853, SB854, SB855, SB856, SB857, SB858, SB859, SB860, SB861, SB862, SB863, SB864, SB865, SB866, SB867, SB868, SB869, SB870, SB871, SB872, SB873, SB874, SB875, SB876, SB877, SB878, SB879, SB880, SB881, SB882, SB883, SB884, SB885, SB886, SB887, SB888, SB889, SB890, SB891, SB892, SB893, SB894, SB895, SB896, SB897, SB898, SB899, SB900, SB901, SB902, SB903, SB904, SB905, SB906, SB907, SB908, SB909, SB910, SB911, SB912, SB913, SB914, SB915, SB916, SB917, SB918, SB919, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB923, SB924, SB925, SB926, SB927, SB928, SB929, SB930, SB931, SB932, SB933, SB934, SB935, SB936, SB937, SB938, SB939, SB940, SB941, SB942, SB943, SB944, SB945, SB946, SB947, SB948, SB949, SB950, SB951, SB952, SB953, SB954, SB955, SB956, SB957, SB958, SB959, SB960, SB961, SB962, SB963, SB964, SB965, SB966, SB967, SB968, SB969, SB970, SB971, SB972, SB973, SB974, SB975, SB976, SB977, SB978, SB979, SB980, SB981, SB982, SB983, SB984, SB985, SB986, SB987, SB988, SB989, SB990, SB991, SB992, SB993, SB994, SB995, SB996, SB997, SB998, SB999, SB1000, SJR40, SJR41, SJR42, SJR43, SJR44, SJR45, SJR46, SJR47, SCR13, SB6, SB13, SB21, SB826, SB827, SB828, SB829, SB830, SB831, SB832, SB833, SB834, SB835, SB836, SB837, SB838, SB839, SB840, SB841, SB842, SB843, SB844, SB845, SB846, SB847, SB848, SB849, SB850, SB851, SB853, SB854, SB855, SB856, SB857, SB858, SB859, SB860, SB861, SB862, SB863, SB864, SB865, SB866, SB867, SB868, SB869, SB870, SB871, SB872, SB873, SB874, SB875, SB876, SB877, SB878, SB879, SB880, SB881, SB882, SB883, SB884, SB885, SB886, SB887, SB888, SB889, SB890, SB891, SB892, SB893, SB894, SB895, SB896, SB897, SB898, SB899, SB900, SB901, SB902, SB903, SB904, SB905, SB906, SB907, SB908, SB909, SB910, SB911, SB912, SB913, SB914, SB915, SB916, SB917, SB918, SB919, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB923, SB924, SB925, SB926, SB927, SB928, SB929, SB930, SB931, SB932, SB933, SB934, SB935, SB936, SB937, SB938, SB939, SB940, SB941, SB942, SB943, SB944, SB945, SB946, SB947, SB948, SB949, SB950, SB951, SB952, SB953, SB954, SB955, SB956, SB957, SB958, SB959, SB960, SB961, SB962, SB963, SB964, SB965, SB966, SB967, SB968, SB969, SB970, SB971, SB972, SB973, SB974, SB975, SB976, SB977, SB978, SB979, SB980, SB981, SB982, SB983, SB984, SB985, SB986, SB987, SB988, SB989, SB990, SB991, SB992, SB993, SB994, SB995, SB996, SB997, SB998, SB999, SB1000
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Care Committee Jul 15th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • We then collect a fee, and that fee is currently set and is placed into the insurance regulatory fund
  • That fee is one of those things that has been set.
  • We then collect a fee, and that fee is currently set and is placed into the insurance regulatory fund
  • That fee is one of those things that has been set. refund.
  • That fee is one of those things that has been set.
Summary: The committee first approved the previous meeting minutes and then heard a detailed annual report from Dr. Thomas Arnold, chair of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, on maternal mortality trends and policy issues. He explained the committee’s review process, confidentiality protections, and national and North Dakota data showing that most maternal deaths are preventable and that mental health conditions, substance use, cardiovascular issues, infection, hemorrhage, and embolism are the leading causes. Members asked about suicide, domestic violence, midwife training, home births, and whether pregnancy testing at death scenes should be expanded; Dr. Arnold said better coroner education, more investigation of unexplained deaths, and possible post-mortem pregnancy testing could improve case identification, especially in rural areas. He also noted that deaths often occur well after 42 days postpartum and that mental health-related deaths remain a major concern. The committee then heard from State Fire Marshal Dr. Matthew Clark on cigarette reduced-ignition-propensity standards and related fire prevention issues. He recommended updating the state’s cigarette propensity law to current national standards and also raised a separate recommendation to require fast-breakaway oxygen tubing for home oxygen users, citing fatal fires linked to smoking around oxygen. Members asked about implementation, cost, insurance coverage, and whether the standards apply in tribal communities; Dr. Clark said he would provide follow-up information and was willing to help with any legislation, but no agency bill had yet been planned. Next, Christine Greff of the Department of Health and Human Services reported on the North Dakota Stroke System of Care. She described the statewide network of stroke-ready hospitals, registry-based quality improvement, and performance data showing continued improvement in stroke recognition, imaging, thrombolytic treatment, transfers, and EMS pre-notification. She highlighted new quality measures for inter-facility transfers and intracerebral hemorrhage care, and said the system remains strong but depends on continued legislative and hospital support. Committee members asked about participation by the VA hospital and were encouraged to consider outreach to include it more fully in the stroke system. Finally, the committee began a presentation on prior authorization and non-opioid pain treatment from Taha Khan of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. He argued that prior authorization can delay access to non-opioid acute pain medications, especially in the 24- to 72-hour post-discharge window when pain is most severe, and said delays can push patients toward opioids. He emphasized that prior authorization has a role in utilization management but should not create barriers in acute pain care, and he noted that current use of the company’s non-opioid product remains very low. The discussion was still underway when the transcript ended.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (03/20/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, if I know that right now parents remain financially responsible for late fees, but when they
  • remain financially responsible<06:09:40.798> for<06:09:41.040> late<06:09:41.320> fees
  • <06:09:42.320> but<06:09:42.558> when<06:09:42.840> they responsible for late fees
  • but when they responsible for late fees but when they question<06:09:43.958> what<06:09:44.280
  • Some of these debit-type cards have associated fees that eat away at an employee's pay.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , all other money that is not restitution for consumers in that case — civil penalties, attorneys' fees
  • So this is civil penalties, attorneys,<00:08:26.479> fees,<00:08:26.800> recoveries,<00
  • :08:27.520> the<00:08:27.759> money attorneys, fees, recoveries, the money attorneys, fees
  • <00:19:36.080> after and we have uh legal fees after and we have uh legal fees after restitution
  • ...you what we got for other court fees, penalties, etc. And maybe someone has that.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 02/23/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I find that hard to understand as a civil engineer and a construction manager, and I think, you know,
  • <00:39:25.960> and<00:39:26.120> a<00:39:26.160> construction civil engineer
  • and a construction civil engineer and a construction manager,<00:39:27.920> and manager, and
  • I've dropped a lot of civil engineering self-promotion in this hearing, but I just want to say that..
  • I've dropped a lot of civil engineering I've dropped a lot of civil engineering self-promo-<00:55
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • But by January of 2022, the Division of Engineering and Contract Administration, or DECA, was talking
  • 00:13:42.399> the<00:13:42.639> Division<00:13:42.880> of<00:13:43.120> Engineering
  • <00:13:43.519> and of 2022, the Division of Engineering and of 2022, the Division of Engineering
  • <01:25:31.760> and<01:25:32.000> contract<01:25:32.400> administration engineering
  • and contract administration engineering and contract administration and<01:25:33.360> they<01
Summary: The committee heard a staff report on Kentucky’s statewide emergency responder voice system (SERVS), a multi-phase project intended to improve interoperable radio communications for first responders. Staff said Kentucky State Police did not appear to have violated statutes or regulations, but the project lacked an overall master plan, clear milestones, and consistent documentation, which contributed to delays, spending issues, and deployment problems. The report recommended updating the Kentucky Field Operations Guide to reflect SERVS and noted that the project has been funded in phases since 2018, with appropriations totaling roughly $216 million across 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024, while about $109 million had been spent by the end of fiscal year 2025. The report raised concerns about project sequencing and oversight. Staff said most spending was concentrated in special mobile equipment, with Motorola accounting for about two-thirds of all SERVS expenditures and the top four vendors making up 81 percent of spending. They also said a sample of Motorola payments suggested possible late payments, though they could not confirm whether interest was paid. Staff criticized the use of master agreements for a project of this size, the lack of a centralized ledger, and the absence of a documented timeline or risk mitigation plan. They recommended stronger procurement and planning requirements, including possible legislative changes requiring approved master plans for large capital projects and additional funding conditions tied to SERVS master agreements. Land acquisition and deployment progress were identified as major bottlenecks, especially in Eastern Kentucky. Staff said the project began in western Kentucky using existing tower sites, but the remaining work is concentrated in harder-to-acquire areas, with more than 95 percent of new towers still incomplete. They said the Division of Real Properties did not begin formal contract work on acquisition until October 2024, despite earlier coordination, and recommended earlier consultation on future projects. Staff also noted that the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee had not been active in oversight, and survey results showed limited awareness and involvement among first responders. Committee members agreed that the lack of an initial implementation plan and the continuing need for funding reflected broader planning problems, and they discussed the need for a clearer end-to-end game plan rather than continuing to fund the project without a defined completion path.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/25/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'm not an engineer, but the quality of the water from the well in the community had really degraded
  • <00:15:58.360> but<00:15:58.600> the um so I'm not an engineer but the um so I'm not
  • an engineer but the quality<00:15:59.519> of<00:15:59.680> the<00:15:59.839> water<
  • on a quarter acre, by the time you start digging, you have spent $120,000 purchasing the land and fees
  • <01:37:36.000> school Society of civil engineers school Society of civil engineers school
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (02/12/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh, as a senator says, a first responder can be someone on a police car, can be someone on a fire engine
  • uh, as a senator says, a first responder can be someone on a police car, can be someone on a fire engine
  • Someone on a police car can be someone on a fire engine.
  • And they're collecting a flat fee for service; they're not incentivized anyway.
  • <02:57:36.640> scheduled heard the results are a fee scheduled heard the results are a fee
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Apr 2nd, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Marshall was responsible for the primary development of the Saturn V and test firing of its massive engines
  • Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville for their support of and urging the United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • <00:42:30.000> to<00:42:30.240> facilitate<00:42:30.800> transporting Engineering
  • to facilitate transporting Engineering to facilitate transporting goods<00:42:31.680> via<00:
  • Senate Bill 32 with substitute by Senator Kitchens, relating to solid waste collection fees.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/14/2026)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a volunteer with a group that's advocating for a bipartisan carbon fee dividend at the federal level
  • .<01:02:21.200> They've Engineering.
  • They've Engineering.
  • This really is an engine for our entire economy.
  • This really is an engine for our entire economy.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all