The Department of Commerce will hold a hearing on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. in the Heber M. Wells Building, Second Floor, Room 250, 160 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah.

The purpose of the hearing is to obtain public comment on a proposed schedule for fees which could be assessed for services provided and costs which would be incurred for new programs created by the Utah Legislature during the 2011 General Session. The proposed modified fee schedule supplements the Department's fee schedule approved by the Legislature during its 2011 General Session.

Subsection 63J-1-303(5) of the Budgetary Procedures Act provides an agency may establish and assess regulatory fees for new programs created by the Legislature if the new program's effective date is before the Legislature's next annual general session. That statute governs the process for the interim assessment of such fees prior to subsequent legislative approval.

Background: Various divisions of the Department assess fees for licensure, registration, or certification of individuals and businesses to engage in certain occupations or professions. Changes to the existing Department fee schedule were not proposed prior to the 2011 General Session of the Utah Legislature. However, this proposed fee schedule is prompted by legislation which was enacted during that Session. Copies of the proposed fee schedule will be distributed at the April 27, 2011 hearing.

For further information, please contact Peter Anjewierden at 801-530-6293.