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SENATE VOTES FOR OVER $800K IN FEE INCREASES
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H.735 – AN ACT RELATING TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND JUDICIARY FEES
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PASSED
in the State Senate on May 2, 2014 by a vote of
21-6
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Purpose: This bill sets the fees for professional licensing and state services. This year’s bill was made controversial by a provision requiring storage of firearms (and fee for said storage) confiscated by law enforcement following domestic disturbances. (Read the Bill)
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Analysis. The total increase in fees Vermonters will end up paying as a result of H.735 is estimated to be between $800,000 and $900,000. (See the JFO breakdown). Fees and increases include:
- A $200 storage fee for firearms, ammunition or weapons not to exceed $200 for the first weapon and $50 for each additional firearm or weapon for up to fifteen months, and $50 per firearm of weapon for each year or part of year thereafter.
- License renewal for registered and licensed practical nurses from $95 to $140
- License renewal for real estate brokers and sales people from $175 to $200.
- License renewal for corporations and partnerships from $75 to $200.
- License renewal for professional engineers from $80 to $100.
- License renewal for funeral homes and crematoriums from $540 to $900.
- Lobbyist registration fees.
- Grant of use appraisal fees on agricultural forestland and farm buildings from $30 to $70.
- Lottery ticket sales licensing from $15 to $50.
- Mobile home park owner annual fee from $9.00 $to 12.00 for each occupied leased lot in the park.
Senate Journal, Friday, May 2, 2014. “…the bill was read the third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment on a roll call, Yeas 21, Nays 6” (Read the Journal, p. 1226)
How They Voted
(Click on Your Senator’s Name to Send an Email)
Timothy Ashe (D/P-Chittenden) – YES
Claire Ayer (D-Addison) – YES
Philip Baruth (D-Chittenden) – YES
Joseph Benning (R-Caledonia) – NO
Christopher Bray (D-Addison) – ABSENT
John Campbell (D-Windsor) – ABSENT
Donald Collins (D-Franklin) – ABSENT
Ann Cummings (D-Washington) – YES
William Doyle (R-Washington) – NO
Margaret Flory (R-Rutland) – NO
Eldred French (D-Rutland) – YES
Peter Galbraith (D-Windham) – YES
Robert Hartwell (D-Bennington) – YES
M. Jane Kitchel (D-Caledonia) – YES
Virginia Lyons (D-Chittenden) – YES
Mark MacDonald (D-Orange) – YES
Richard Mazza (D-Chittenden-Grand Isle) – YES
Norman McAllister (R-Franklin) – NO
Richard McCormack (D-Windsor) – YES
Kevin Mullin (R-Rutland) – NO
Alice Nitka (D-Windsor District) – YES
Anthony Pollina (P/D/W-Washington) – YES
John Rodgers (D-Essex-Orleans) – YES
Richard Sears (D-Bennington) – YES
Diane Snelling (R-Chittenden) – YES
Robert Starr (D-Essex-Orleans) – YES
Michael Sirotkin (D-Chittenden) – YES
Richard Westman (R-Lamoille) – NO
Jeanette White (D-Windham) – YES
David Zuckerman (P-Chittenden) – YES
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