Section 35V. (a) There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Division of Professional Licensure Trust Fund, to be expended, without prior appropriation, by the division of professional licensure. The fund shall consist of 50 per cent of the fee revenue collected in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) by the various boards serving within the division under section 9 of chapter 13 and the division. The fees shall be in addition to any existing fees collected for obtaining and renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority as determined by the secretary of administration and finance under section 3B of chapter 7. The director of the division shall make necessary expenditures from this account for the shared administrative costs of the operations and programs of the division. The director shall further direct that funds from the account shall be expended to provide services in an amount reasonably related to the cost of each board or unit’s administrative and regulatory mandates with consideration to revenue generated from each board or unit. The division may incur expenses, and the comptroller may certify for payment, amounts in anticipation of expected receipts; but no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of each fiscal year. All moneys deposited in the trust fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year and that total not more than 20 per cent of the division’s expenditures for the previous fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund. The director shall report annually on March 1 to the house and senate committees on ways and means: (i) the revenue credited to the trust fund; (ii) the amount of trust fund expenditures that are attributable to the shared administrative costs of the division, and an explanation of why such administrative costs are necessary; (iii) an itemized list of the amount of trust funds expended by board or unit; and (iv) an analysis of the services provided based on trust fund expenditures by board or unit, including the manner in which the trust fund expenditures assist the division in meeting its regulatory mandates.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, following a public hearing, shall increase the fees for obtaining and renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority issued by a board within the division of professional licensure by an amount not to exceed 50 per cent, rounded to the nearest $1, of the fees in effect as of July 1, 1996, to be expended by the director of professional licensure pursuant to subsection (a). The secretary of administration and finance may increase the fees of any board of registration established subsequent to July 1, 1996 based on the amount of the fee at the time of the board’s original promulgation by the secretary of administration and finance. The secretary of administration and finance shall promulgate regulations to effect the change in fees not later than 45 days after the fee increase.
(c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, following a public hearing, shall increase the fees for obtaining or renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority issued by board and also fees for an appeal, variance request, approval, plan review, dual fuel review and any and all other ancillary fees charged for services with the division of professional licensure as set forth in 801 CMR 4.02 by an additional amount not to exceed 50 per cent, rounded to the nearest $1, of the fees in effect on January 1, 2003 or at the time of the original promulgation of the board, whichever date is later. Amounts collected pursuant to this subsection shall become part of the fund established pursuant to subsection (a) and shall be expended by the director of professional licensure pursuant to said subsection (a).
Section 35V. (a) There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Division of Professional Licensure Trust Fund, to be expended, without prior appropriation, by the division of professional licensure. The fund shall consist of 50 per cent of the fee revenue collected in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) by the various boards serving within the division under section 9 of chapter 13 and the division. The fees shall be in addition to any existing fees collected for obtaining and renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority as determined by the secretary of administration and finance under section 3B of chapter 7. The director of the division shall make necessary expenditures from this account for the shared administrative costs of the operations and programs of the division. The director shall further direct that funds from the account shall be expended to provide services in an amount reasonably related to the cost of each board or unit’s administrative and regulatory mandates with consideration to revenue generated from each board or unit. The division may incur expenses, and the comptroller may certify for payment, amounts in anticipation of expected receipts; but no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of each fiscal year. All moneys deposited in the trust fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year and that total not more than 20 per cent of the division’s expenditures for the previous fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund. The director shall report annually on March 1 to the house and senate committees on ways and means: (i) the revenue credited to the trust fund; (ii) the amount of trust fund expenditures that are attributable to the shared administrative costs of the division, and an explanation of why such administrative costs are necessary; (iii) an itemized list of the amount of trust funds expended by board or unit; and (iv) an analysis of the services provided based on trust fund expenditures by board or unit, including the manner in which the trust fund expenditures assist the division in meeting its regulatory mandates.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, following a public hearing, shall increase the fees for obtaining and renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority issued by a board within the division of professional licensure by an amount not to exceed 50 per cent, rounded to the nearest $1, of the fees in effect as of July 1, 1996, to be expended by the director of professional licensure pursuant to subsection (a). The secretary of administration and finance may increase the fees of any board of registration established subsequent to July 1, 1996 based on the amount of the fee at the time of the board’s original promulgation by the secretary of administration and finance. The secretary of administration and finance shall promulgate regulations to effect the change in fees not later than 45 days after the fee increase.
(c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, following a public hearing, shall increase the fees for obtaining or renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority issued by board and also fees for an appeal, variance request, approval, plan review, dual fuel review and any and all other ancillary fees charged for services with the division of professional licensure as set forth in 801 CMR 4.02 by an additional amount not to exceed 50 per cent, rounded to the nearest $1, of the fees in effect on January 1, 2003 or at the time of the original promulgation of the board, whichever date is later. Amounts collected pursuant to this subsection shall become part of the fund established pursuant to subsection (a) and shall be expended by the director of professional licensure pursuant to said subsection (a).
Section 35V. (a) There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Division of Professional Licensure Trust Fund, to be expended, without prior appropriation, by the division of professional licensure. The fund shall consist of 50 per cent of the fee revenue collected in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) by the various boards serving within the division under section 9 of chapter 13 and the division. The fees shall be in addition to any existing fees collected for obtaining and renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority as determined by the secretary of administration and finance under section 3B of chapter 7. The director of the division shall make necessary expenditures from this account for the shared administrative costs of the operations and programs of the division. The director shall further direct that funds from the account shall be expended to provide services in an amount reasonably related to the cost of each board or unit’s administrative and regulatory mandates with consideration to revenue generated from each board or unit. The division may incur expenses, and the comptroller may certify for payment, amounts in anticipation of expected receipts; but no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of each fiscal year. All moneys deposited in the trust fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year and that total not more than 20 per cent of the division’s expenditures for the previous fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund. The director shall report annually on March 1 to the house and senate committees on ways and means: (i) the revenue credited to the trust fund; (ii) the amount of trust fund expenditures that are attributable to the shared administrative costs of the division, and an explanation of why such administrative costs are necessary; (iii) an itemized list of the amount of trust funds expended by board or unit; and (iv) an analysis of the services provided based on trust fund expenditures by board or unit, including the manner in which the trust fund expenditures assist the division in meeting its regulatory mandates.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, following a public hearing, shall increase the fees for obtaining and renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority issued by a board within the division of professional licensure by an amount not to exceed 50 per cent, rounded to the nearest $1, of the fees in effect as of July 1, 1996, to be expended by the director of professional licensure pursuant to subsection (a). The secretary of administration and finance may increase the fees of any board of registration established subsequent to July 1, 1996 based on the amount of the fee at the time of the board’s original promulgation by the secretary of administration and finance. The secretary of administration and finance shall promulgate regulations to effect the change in fees not later than 45 days after the fee increase.
(c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, following a public hearing, shall increase the fees for obtaining or renewing a license, certificate, registration, permit or authority issued by board and also fees for an appeal, variance request, approval, plan review, dual fuel review and any and all other ancillary fees charged for services with the division of professional licensure as set forth in 801 CMR 4.02 by an additional amount not to exceed 50 per cent, rounded to the nearest $1, of the fees in effect on January 1, 2003 or at the time of the original promulgation of the board, whichever date is later. Amounts collected pursuant to this subsection shall become part of the fund established pursuant to subsection (a) and shall be expended by the director of professional licensure pursuant to said subsection (a).
