DATE: December 11, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Les Wright, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Department of Agriculture
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct first hearing to amend the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending subsection 3305 of Section 3300-Agriculture (Weights & Measures); waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety; and set second hearing for January 8, 2019;
2. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed Ordinance; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summary of the proposed Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 25124(b)(1).
REPORT
Assembly Bill (AB) 347 approved by the Governor on September 19, 2018 amends Sections 12240 and 12246 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to weights and measures. AB 347 extends, until January 1, 2022, the authority for a county sealer to recover the costs related to the inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices, increases the fee caps for the inspection of computing scales and establishes a phased-in fee increase for compressed natural gas (CNG) meters and liquefied natural gas (LNG) meters. The change to the inspection fee cap and the phased-in fee increases related to CNG and LNG meters require an amendment to the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees (MSF), which requires approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Department would like to adopt the new fee maximums set by the State legislature in AB 347 by updating the MSF for 2019. The new fee caps allow Department to recover a bigger portion of program expenses associated with inspecting and testing of devices. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
The Board can choose not to approve the increases to the MSF and the Department would not receive additional revenue from providing mandated inspection services.
FISCAL IMPACT:...
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