Fee, fi, fo. And more fees

House Finance Committee is meeting to consider a fee bill – or how to get more revenue when you’ve exhausted your tax options.

In the bill, the House increases fee revenues by @$88.7 m the first year; $104.6 m the second.  This is about double what the Senate did.

New fees in the House bill include:

Medicaid provider fee
Hospice licensure
DENR monitoring fee for voluntary remedial actions at inactive hazardous disposal sites
Bond forfeiture set aside processing fee
Community work crew fee
Recording real estate transactions
Contested case filing at OAH
Several new court related fees
$350 for drivers convicted of speeding over 25 mph over the speed limit or any impaired offenses
Further increases fees for vital records
Additional fee for filing for foreclosure, record checks, business court filing, recording mortgages and deeds of trust
Fee to participate in the inmate release work program
Increases marriage license fee and the fee to file for divorce.  (Gets you coming and going)
Increases fees for manufactured housing, collection agencies, motor clubs, bail bondsmen, and home inspectors