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Budget Amendments - SB1100 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Obenshain
Passport Fees Collected by Clerks of the Circuit Court (Language Only) (language only)

Item 66 #1s

Item 66 #1s

Administration
Compensation Board

Language

Page 563, after line 13, insert:

"Notwithstanding § 17.1-284, Code of Virginia, for any Clerk of the Circuit court whose office provides passport services, all fees collected and retained that are directly related to those services shall be exempt from the calculation of excess fees paid into the state treasury. All fee revenue retained by a Circuit Court Clerk's office directly related to providing passport services shall be used solely toward the continued provision of passport services."



Explanation

(This amendment has an estimated reduction to the general fund of $30,000 as a result of exempting passport fees collected by Clerks of the Circuit Court from the calculation of excess fees paid into the state treasury. As of FY 2016, there were two Circuit Court Clerks' offices performing passport services that collectively assisted 2,180 applicants.)