Assembly Bill 910 mandates that every third fiscal biennium, state agencies must submit a detailed report alongside their budget requests to the governor and legislature. This report will include an identification of all fines and fees assessed by the agency, the amounts, the last adjustment dates, and the authorizing acts. Additionally, agencies must calculate the inflation-adjusted amounts of these fines and fees based on the consumer price index and provide recommendations for adjustments, taking into account the costs of services provided. The bill also requires agencies to outline a plan for implementing any recommended adjustments, which may include a graduated increase over a maximum of four years.
Furthermore, the bill stipulates that agencies must submit a separate report identifying fines and fees not specified by statute, along with recommendations for adjustments. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) is tasked with publishing a table of the annual consumer price index every six years and assisting agencies in calculating inflation-adjusted amounts upon request. The bill introduces new legal language to define terms such as "base year," "consumer price index," "fee," and "fine," and establishes the framework for these reporting requirements under the newly created statute 16.42 (5).