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Introduced in the House on July 18, 2007, to authorize and establish procedures for setting reasonable fees to be charged by the state Fire Marshal to cover the actual cost of all the functions it performs, including inspections, review of building plans and specifications, issuance of certificates of acceptability, testing and evaluation of new products, methods and processes of construction or alteration, inspection of construction and alteration, inspection of construction undertaken pursuant to a permit, the issuance of certificates of use and occupancy, and the hearing of appeals. The fees would be set by the Fire Marshal office itself, not the legislature

The vote was 74 in favor, 36 opposed and 0 not voting

(House Roll Call 485 at House Journal 111)

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Rep. Elsenheimer, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement: "Mr. Speaker and members of the House: I would have considered support had the Robertson amendment been included in the bill. There are other problems with the bill which could be overcome if it was addressed in a bipartisan way. I would also note that a substitute was adopted by the majority and the board opened before said substitute was even available on the House's computer system."