By now, you know Gov. Brian Sandoval's mantra so well you don't have to be reminded (Hint: Same as Jim Gibbons', only people listen.).
But when he sunnily says, "No new taxes," you notice something about Sandoval's assertion: He doesn't also say, 'No new fees."
And that's because there are plenty of them in the budget he presented and most or all will be in the final package -- nearly $60 million worth. Some are large -- the unemployment insurance assessment is more than half of the total -- some are substantial (shhhh, to implement Obamacare) and others are relatively small. But they do add up.
To wit:
Newborn Screening Fee: $390,000
Cost sharing for certain Medicaid recipients: $2 million
New Per Month Per Member fees for Silver State health Exchange: $14.3 million
ACA-mandated fee to support PCOR: $288,000
Assessment on all employers to pay interest on Unemployment Insurance loan: $31 million
DPS Rap Back Program: $45,000
New admin fine from fire marshal: $2,000
Increase for the fee for Motorcycle Safety Program: $4,000
DMV fee to fund new license plate factory: $3.7 million
New fee for decals for special fuel users: $90,000
Increases annual special tax on livestock heads: $109,000
Outreach fee for education on aquatic invasive species: $250,000
Another fee from wildlife for aquatic invasive species outreach/inspection: $900,000
By now, you know Gov. Brian Sandoval's mantra so well you don't have to be reminded (Hint: Same as Jim Gibbons', only people listen.).
But when he sunnily says, "No new taxes," you notice something about Sandoval's assertion: He doesn't also say, 'No new fees."
And that's because there are plenty of them in the budget he presented and most or all will be in the final package -- nearly $60 million worth. Some are large -- the unemployment insurance assessment is more than half of the total -- some are substantial (shhhh, to implement Obamacare) and others are relatively small. But they do add up.
To wit:
Newborn Screening Fee: $390,000
Cost sharing for certain Medicaid recipients: $2 million
New Per Month Per Member fees for Silver State health Exchange: $14.3 million
ACA-mandated fee to support PCOR: $288,000
Assessment on all employers to pay interest on Unemployment Insurance loan: $31 million
DPS Rap Back Program: $45,000
New admin fine from fire marshal: $2,000
Increase for the fee for Motorcycle Safety Program: $4,000
DMV fee to fund new license plate factory: $3.7 million
New fee for decals for special fuel users: $90,000
Increases annual special tax on livestock heads: $109,000
Outreach fee for education on aquatic invasive species: $250,000
Another fee from wildlife for aquatic invasive species outreach/inspection: $900,000
Another aquatic invasive species fee: $70,000
Increase in water resources fees: $730,000
New water resources fees: $730,000
New fire protection fees: $3.5 million
Increase to per-employee fee for EMRB: $375,000
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