Video & Transcript Research : 'development fees'

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 26, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • white dot to provide the the fee white dot to provide the the fee structure<00:10:30.720> for
  • <00:13:55.519> Other have a small convenience fee. Other have a small convenience fee.
  • fees and sales<00:47:04.800> tax.
  • Um the bill is not transaction fees.
  • > vehicle<00:49:01.119> fees<00:49:01.920> in ...alongside other motor vehicle fees
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • replace lines 363 through 364 on page 13 of the appropriation registration, including payment of a good fee
  • The amendment would replace the following language: “fee as acknowledged by the advanced sponsor include
Bills: SB265, HB593
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a great opportunity for workforce development, and not just workforce development, but the total
  • There's a great opportunity for workforce development, and not just workforce development, but the total
  • How do we get workforce development.
  • development and educator externships. development and educator externships.
  • >> Okay, vote. programs with economic development by programs with economic development by moving<01:
Bills: HB2118, HB2473
Summary: The committee heard several bills related to permitting and economic development. On HB 2603, relating to permits, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it supported the measure with comments. Committee discussion focused on the fact that the state’s facilitated permit process appears to have been rarely or never used, the need to identify specific projects that would use it, and whether DBEDT would need dedicated staffing to administer it. DBEDT said it had found no projects under the current process, had no capacity to run the program as structured, and estimated it would need about 7 to 9 FTEs, including permitting, coordination, data, systems, and possibly legal support. The chair suggested exploring a staff assignment and comparing the concept to federal FAST-41-style expedited permitting. On HB 2140, relating to essential permitting positions, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development again supported the bill with comments. Testimony and questioning centered on a pilot program to help counties pay competitively for permitting staff. A DBEDT representative said the issue of competitive pay affected both county and state permitting offices and that the bill was intended as a temporary pilot, though a more permanent solution would be preferable. When asked how counties would fund the salary support, the witness said that was not yet discussed with the counties and agreed to follow up. The committee also noted the bill applies to participating counties. On HB 2598, relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, the State Procurement Office and HTDC offered comments, and the Department of the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns. The AG said the bill’s residency-based certification requirements, when tied to procurement, could implicate the dormant Commerce Clause, and that the required 1% contribution tied to state contracts raised unconstitutional-conditions concerns. In questioning, the AG characterized these as legal risks rather than automatic lawsuits. The committee did not take a vote. The committee then heard HB 2141, relating to state enterprise zones. Taxation, DBEDT, HCDA, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, and HTDC testified in support, while the Tax Foundation noted the program was intended to help economically depressed areas create jobs. HTDC said the bill would help preserve the Maui Research and Technology Center’s enterprise-zone status after rezoning. Committee discussion focused on whether the enterprise zone program is being used effectively, how the bill might attract businesses to areas where the state is investing, and whether the program’s labor requirements are too burdensome for new businesses. DBEDT explained that the program requires a 10% workforce increase in the first year, which must be sustained, and said it promotes the program through county coordinators and in-person outreach. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 11th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • This year it's SB 1182, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development
  • Act, which is designed to provide our veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses with fee relief
  • This year it's SB 1182, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development
  • Act, which is designed to provide our veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses with fee relief
  • costs and administrative hurdles don't stand in the way, SB 1182 addresses those barriers by reducing fees
Bills: S1182, S1594
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up two bills. SB 1594, by Senator Gates, would change how veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth are handled so the funds are not used to offset foster care costs, but instead are preserved for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the youth leaves foster care. The bill drew one supportive appearance from Victoria Zep of Family Support Services, had no debate, and was reported favorably by a unanimous roll call vote. Senator Sharief later asked to be recorded as a yes vote on the bill. The committee then considered SB 1182, by Senator Jones, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development Act to provide fee relief and tax incentives for veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses. The committee adopted Jones’s strike-all amendment, which added information-sharing and verification provisions, refined the tax exemptions, and broadened eligibility for fee waivers and sales tax relief. After no questions or debate, the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for three appointees—Matthew Bacchano, Tim Thomas, and Belinda Kaiser—and recommended confirmation on all three in one vote. The meeting concluded with several members offering remarks praising Chair Wright’s long service and leadership on veterans’ issues, followed by adjournment.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, in 2021, we undertook a new method of economic development due to some mega projects that were
  • And so today we have asked the Secretary of Economic Development to be with us.
  • of Economic Development to be with<00:01:03.359> us.
  • loans to the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority.
  • to the cabinet for economic development to the cabinet for economic development for<00:02:30.879
Summary: The committee met with a quorum to hear a recap of the 2021 special session legislation, Senate Bill 5, and then receive testimony from the Secretary of Economic Development on the Blue Oval SK project and related economic development issues. Staff explained that Senate Bill 5 appropriated five amounts from the budget reserve trust fund for a project tied to a minimum $2 billion investment: $350 million for forgivable loans through the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, $10,639,600 to pay off a Hardin County loan tied to 47 tracts of property, $20 million for Bluegrass State Skills Corporation training grants, $5 million for KCTCS training grants, and $25 million for a KCTCS on-site training center. Staff also noted there were no job-related requirements in the bill itself. The secretary said the Blue Oval SK incentive was structured as a $250 million forgivable loan rather than the state’s usual pay-as-you-go incentives, with clawback provisions tied to jobs, wages, investment, and changes in ownership or operations. He said the project had already exceeded the $2 billion investment threshold, that corporate guarantees were required from SK On and Ford, and that the agreement’s compliance period begins in December 2026 with payments starting in March 2027 and running through 2038. He said the state’s goal after the joint venture dissolution was to protect taxpayers, support affected workers, and preserve future job creation, while also ensuring the money would be repaid if performance targets are not met. Members asked about the workforce impact, the training programs, and whether the jobs targets would be revised. The secretary said the project had about 1,850 workers at the site, with both production and salaried employees affected, and described state-led job fairs, a job portal, and other rapid-response efforts to help displaced workers find new jobs or training. He said Ford had agreed to continue discussions, invest an additional $2 billion in the site for energy storage solutions, and pursue roughly 2,100 new jobs, while the state sought to keep the company accountable for the full repayment obligation if jobs are not created. One senator raised broader concerns about mega-projects displacing small businesses and creating infrastructure burdens in surrounding communities.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Transportation and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So for me, when we talk about doing a moratorium on solar development, when I represent the Black Belt
  • , which is having an increasing amount of solar development, when we talk about private landowners who
  • <00:30:42.480> solar important for the US to develop solar important for the US to develop
  • majority support solar development majority support solar development roughly<00:30:50.640> 51%
  • when I represent the black development when I represent the black belt<00:31:04.720> which<00
Bills: SB341, SB340
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-03-28

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yet today, the inspection fee remains $100.
  • The fee would match the tradition for public charter schools; it would match the same fee for traditional
  • There is also a re-inspection fee.
  • So, they would be at the same fee structure, the same fee cost level.
  • We exceeded the $100 fee that was recovered.
Bills: HF2432
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/28/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:58:12.520> uh be able to have that Equitable fee uh be able to have that Equitable fee
  • <01:12:16.239> an us uh independently uh developed an us uh independently uh developed an
  • So this would be the same fee structure, the same fee cost level.
  • So this would be the same fee structure, the same fee cost level.
  • fee cost level um fee structure the same fee cost level um and<01:22:34.480> then<01:22:35.480
Bills: HF2432
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/3/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • versus five hours of development versus five hours of professional<00:41:16.079> development.
  • And as a professional development.
  • any type of professional development any type of professional development planning<00:47:46.880>
  • <00:48:13.520> with focused professional development with focused professional development
  • These are non-refundable fees. notified. These are non-refundable fees.
Bills: HF3635, HF3638
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 18, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh but adding a little bit of language you see on line 20 about supervisory fees because the last thing
  • It’ll take several years before the depository fees end up building up in there.
  • It’ll take several years before the depository fees end up building up in there.
  • on line 20 about supervisory fees on line 20 about supervisory fees because<00:41:51.680> the
  • the depository fees uh end up<00:42:52.880> building<00:42:53.200> up<00:42:53.359>
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) May 8th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • To waive the 2 mile 1 year rule only for high opportunity developments.
  • 2 mile 1 year rule prevents TDHCA from allocating housing tax credits to an affordable housing development
  • within 2 miles of another tax credit development awarded in the same year.
  • Uh, that have no deed restrictions that would prevent such a development and the project is located on
  • uh, amendments are designed to assure individuals that we will not be seeing, uh, multi-family developments
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I never needed to implement a fee. It didn't cost me anything.
  • But I am really having heartburn with the fee. Treasurers also have fees.
  • So I definitely question the fee, especially if this fee is.
  • And then we're going to take a fee off.
  • That's the reason for the fee.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/2/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Developers and and reduce supply.
  • or development they're in?
  • unless requested by the developer. unless requested by the developer.
  • or development they're in?
  • . development. development.
Summary: The committee took up House File 2614, a bill aimed at preventing local governments from requiring or effectively mandating homeowners associations (HOAs) as a condition of residential development approval. The committee first approved the February 25 minutes, then adopted the DE1 amendment to HF 2614 before hearing the bill. The authors said the measure is a bipartisan piece of a larger HOA reform effort and that the language was negotiated with the League of Minnesota Cities and other stakeholders; they emphasized that developers could still choose to create HOAs, but cities and counties could not require them. Testimony in support came from Housing First Minnesota and the Minnesota Homeownership Center. Supporters argued that unnecessary HOAs raise housing costs, reduce affordability, and are often used to shift public infrastructure costs onto homeowners. They said HOAs remain appropriate for shared-wall housing, shared amenities, and other situations where common property is truly needed, but should not be imposed for single-family developments or minor features. Several members shared examples of HOA overreach and asked for clarification on how the bill would work, including whether developers could still request neighborhood signs or other features; staff and the authors said that would still be possible if the developer requested it rather than the local government requiring it. A significant portion of the discussion focused on stormwater ponds and other infrastructure. One member said the bill should not prevent cities from requiring stormwater facilities because maintenance costs and water-quality responsibilities can be substantial and should not be shifted to all taxpayers. The authors responded that the amendment language was intended to balance concerns about unnecessary HOA mandates with the need to address maintenance, noting that some maintenance responsibilities could remain with cities or be handled through developer agreements. A member requested a roll call on the bill, but the transcript does not include a final vote or disposition beyond the discussion and amendment adoption.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 2nd, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Bills: S0502, S1182, S1514
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up two bills. Senator Burgess presented SB 1514, a public records measure tied to Space Florida that exempts Board of Space Florida meetings from public records requirements when trade secrets are discussed. He said the exemption was needed to protect sensitive business information and support Space Florida’s mission. The bill drew no questions or debate, and it was reported favorably by a unanimous roll call vote. The committee then considered CS for SB 502, sponsored by Senator Wright, which would provide concurrent state and federal legislative jurisdiction over certain juvenile offenses on U.S. military installations in Florida when federal jurisdiction is waived and the conduct is also a state crime. Senator Wright argued the change would allow juveniles to be handled in the state juvenile justice system rather than federal court, which he said is better suited for rehabilitation. The bill also had no questions or debate and was reported favorably by unanimous vote. After the bills, the committee recognized representatives from a Pasco County veterans wellness group and their therapy dog, Grit, for their work with veterans. The committee then adjourned without objection.