Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2232 - Missouri State Committee of Interpreters › Chapter 1 - General Rules › Section 20 CSR 2232-1.040 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This emergency amendment increases 2024
				  Interpreters renewal fees to ensure compliance with section 209.332,
				  RSMo.
EMERGENCY STATEMENT: The State Committee of
				  Interpreters is statutorily obligated to set all fees, by regulation, necessary
				  to administer the provisions of sections 209.319 to 209.339, RSMo. Pursuant to
				  section 209.332, RSMo, the committee shall set the appropriate amount of fees
				  by rule, so that the revenue produced shall not substantially exceed the cost
				  and expense of administering the provisions of sections 209.319 to 209.339,
				  RSMo. Based on the board's five (5)-year projections, the board is proposing to
				  increase the renewal, inactive and reactivation fees. The committee is
				  proposing to increase the renewal fee from sixty dollars ($60) to eighty
				  dollars ($80). The inactive fee will increase from thirty dollars ($30) to
				  forty dollars ($40) and the reactivation fee will increase from thirty dollars
				  ($30) to forty dollars ($40).
Interpreter licenses expire January 31, 2025. Renewal
				  notices will be mailed on November 1, 2024. Without this emergency amendment,
				  the increased renewal fees will not be effective prior to mailing and the
				  committee would not collect the additional revenue needed to maintain solvency.
				  In developing this emergency amendment, the committee has determined that the
				  fee increase is necessary for the 2024 renewal period in order to maintain an
				  adequate fund balance necessary to administer the provisions of sections
				  209.319 to 209.339, RSMo.
Pursuant to section 324.001.10, RSMo, a compelling
				  governmental interest is deemed to exist for the purposes of section 536.025,
				  RSMo, for licensure fees to be increased by emergency rule. A proposed
				  amendment, which covers the same material, is published in this issue of the
				  Missouri Register. The scope of this emergency rule is limited to the
				  circumstances creating the emergency and complies with the protections extended
				  in the Missouri and United States Constitutions. The State Committee for
				  Interpreters believes this emergency amendment to be fair to all interested
				  persons and parties under the circumstances. This emergency amendment was filed
				  June 13, 2024, becomes effective Sept. 1, 2024, and expires Jan. 31,
				  2025.
(1) The following fees
				are established and are payable in the form of a cashier's check, personal
				check, or money order:
(A) Application for Licensure Fee
$ 75
(B) Annual License Renewal
$80
(C) Late Renewal Penalty Fee
$60
(D) Inactive
$40
(E) Reactivation
$40
(F) Temporary License Fee
$25
(G) Fingerprinting fee Amount to be determined by the
							 Missouri State Highway Patrol
(H) Insufficient Funds Check Fee
$ 10
(I) Mentorship Application Fee
$10
(J) Verification of License Fee
$10
(2)
				All fees are nonrefundable.