SB418 HFA White #1 4-9
Delegate White moves to amend the bill on page one, following the enacting section, by striking out the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"ARTICLE 13. TAXATION AND FINANCE.
§8-13-13a. Municipal fee requirements.
(a) Without limiting the plenary power and authority of section thirteen of this article, a municipality shall in the ordinance providing for special charges for municipal services pursuant to said section thirteen:
(1) Set forth the specific purpose or purposes for which the rate, fee or charge is imposed or increased; and
(2) Require that all collections of the rate, fee or charge may be expended only for the specific purpose or purposes for which the rate, fee or charge is imposed or increased.
(b) The municipality shall provide a system of budgeting, accounting and record keeping, and for conduct of the transactions of the municipality respecting the rate, fee, or charge collected pursuant to said section thirteen, but any such provisions shall not conflict with article nine chapter six of this code.
(c) It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the municipality, or other individual designated, to collect and account for any of the collections and that the moneys collected pursuant to said section thirteen are expended for only the purpose or purposes authorized by ordinance for which the rate, fee, or charge is imposed or increased.
(d) No provision of this section applies to any ordinance in effect on the effective date of the enactment of this section, except that this section shall apply to an ordinance in effect on the effective date of the enactment of this section if it is subsequently amended to increase the rate, fee or charge imposed by the ordinance. "

ADOPTED

REJECTED