Sunday, February 1, 2009

HB 274 - Local Government Fees and Charges

Rep. Wallis is gearing up for his first legislative bill, HB 274--Local Government Fees and Charges to State Agencies.  This exciting bill would insure impact fees (fees charged to gov agencies and eventually passed on to the tax payer for new utilities, facilities, etc.) are not overcharged.  It appears Mr. Wallis has found a loop whole in the state code allows agencies to potentially overcharge impact fees to local governments.  Currently impact fees are subject to creative interpretation allowing some extra to be charged.  This essentially is a tax on the Utah resident.  Heading into tough economic times this is a very creative way of insuring we are not over-taxed.

South Ogden will be facing a big impact fee increase starting in February. (See More Here) With this law in place we can be sure we are not overpaying.  Not to bad for Rep. Wallis' debut bill.

Last update, it was in the Fiscal Analysis office awaiting a fiscal note.

We will keep you posted.

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