to construct a dock on property in which a home is located. The House Finance Committeerecommends increasing this fee to
$1,500
per application, which would generate additional generalrevenues of
$55,000
for FY
2010.
8.
CRMC
Shoreline Protection Application Fee. The Coastal Resources Management Councilcharges. a structural shoreline protection application fee to any property owner who wants structuresplaced along the shorelines to protect their upland structures such as a house. Since
1993,
the fee hasbeen
$750
for the initial
100
feet and
$10
for each additional foot. The House Finance Committeerecommends increasing this fee to
$1,500
for the initial
100
feet and
$15
for each additional foot,which would generate an additional
$30,000
of revenue for FY
2010.
9.
DBR
Selected Fees. The House Finance Committee recommends increasing selected feesthroughout the Department of Business Regulation by
20
percent to yield
$1.6
million in additionalrevenues, effective July I,
2009.
The
31
selected fees have not been increased since FY
2000
orearlier. The fees affected are part of the Banking, Securities, Insurance and Commercial Licensing,Racing and Athletics divisions as well as the Boards for Design Professionals.10. Expungements Fee. The House Finance Committee recommends requiring a fee of
$100
for theprocessing of expungements in order to generate new revenues for FY
2010.
Currently, the Office of the Attorney General processes approximately
12,286
expungements per year free of charge. TheBudget assumes
$1.2
million in new revenues for FY
2010.
11. Food Protection License Fee Increase. The House Finance Committee does not concur withtlle proposal to impose a penalty of
$100
for late renewals of permits granted for food protectionlicenses. The proposal also includes a civil fine of
$500
per day for each day that an establishmentoperates with a lapsed or invalid permit. The Governor's budget assumed additional revenues of
$25,000
for FY
2010
primarily from more facilities being in compliance.12. Land Sales. The Governor originally included
$16.0
million of new revenues from the sale of three parcels of land in the FY
2009
revised budget. He subsequently requested an amendment to shift
$10.0
million of that to the FY
2010
budget. This includes
$6.0
million in revenues from the sale of the Aime Forand property and $4.0 million for the land between Pontiac and Howard Avenue, formerlyslated for the new State Police headquarters to the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage FinanceCorporation. The
2008
Assembly approved
$16.9
million from Rhode Island Capital Plan funds torenovate the Forand building to be used as the new registry for the Division of Motor Vehicles. If adeveloper were to purchase and renovate the lands, the state would be required to make annual leasepayments for
20
to
30
years. The Assembly did not include any land sale revenue in
2009-H 5019
forFY
2009.
The House Finance Committee does not concur with the Governor's recommendation for FY
2010
and reduces revenues accordingly.13. Mise· Scoop
HRlC.
The House Finance Committee recommends transferring
$1.5
millionfrom the Human Resource Investment Council to the general fund in FY
2010.
Employer payroll taxesfund two restricted receipt accounts, which the Council uses for employment, training, education andeconomic development activities. The Council has an estimated FY
2009
year-end balance of
$1.8
million, leaving
$0.3
million in the account in addition to any receipts that are collected after thetransfer.14. VLT 24·3. The
2008
Assembly enacted legislation that became law on May
6, 2008
and willsunset on June
3D, 2009
that allows the operation of video lottery games on a twenty-four hour basis onweekends and federally recognized holidays at the Twin River and Newport Grand facilities. The May
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