Higher fees could fill GA budget shortfall
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Posted: 8:48 PM Mar 7, 2010
Higher fees could fill GA budget shortfall
Georgia lawmakers are considering raising more than 100 fees on everything from licensing gun dealers to permitting billboards.
Reporter: Associated Press
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia lawmakers are considering raising more than 100 fees on everything from licensing gun dealers to permitting billboards.

Some of the fees have remained the same since the 1950s and 1960s.

As legislative leaders struggle to balance the budget, they are reviewing hundreds of old state fees to determine if they should be raised. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the goal of lawmakers is to raise $100 million more in revenue.

That could mean higher fees for Georgians to renew their professional licenses, to borrow money for a home or to hunt on a private preserve.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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