NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING FEE AMOUNTS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONS REGULATED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THE REGULATION...

Brief Description: The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (Department) proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 02 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with occupational license fees for the Board of Public Accountancy to update language regarding firms, revise fees, and repeal the out-of-state practice privilege permit fees. These changes include: 12 AAC 02.340. Board of Public Accountancy, is proposed to be amended to update language relating to certified public accountancy firms, eliminate the out-of-state practice privilege permit fees, and update fee amounts. You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to Alison Osborne, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806.

Additionally, the Department will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 465-2974 and by electronic mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. Comments may also be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System by accessing this notice on the system at http://notice.alaska.gov/214359, and using the comment link. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on March 28, 2024. Comments received after this deadline will not be considered by the Department.You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Alison Osborne, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806 or by e-mail to RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Department will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and on the Department’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofPublicAccountancy.aspx. If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Alison Osborne at (907) 465-6826 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov not later than March 21, 2024 to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.A copy of the proposed regulation changes is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Alison Osborne at (907) 465-6826, RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov, or at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/CPA-Fees-0523.pdf.After the public comment period ends, the Department will either adopt the proposed regulation changes or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action. The language of the final regulation may be different from that of the proposed regulation. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected. Statutory Authority: AS 08.01.065; AS 08.04.495 Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 08.04.495Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.For each occupation regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals or organizations who are interested in the regulations of that occupation. The Division automatically sends a Notice of Proposed Regulations to the parties on the appropriate list each time there is a proposed change in the occupation's regulations in the Alaska Administrative Code. If you would like to be added to or removed from such a list, send your request to the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806, giving your name, either your e-mail address or mailing address (as you prefer for receiving notices), and the occupational area in which you are interested.DATE: 2/26/2024 Alison Osborne, Regulations Specialist Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION (AS 44.62.190(d))1. Adopting agency: Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.2. General subject of regulation: Occupational licensing fee requirements.3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 02.340.4. Department of Law file number: 2024200006 5. Reason for the proposed action: Update and clarification of current regulations; compliance with state statute.6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.7. Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to: A private person: $400 firm registration and permit fee for all or part of initial biennial registration period; $400 biennial firm permit renewal fee Another state agency: None known. A municipality: None known. 8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars): No costs are expected in FY 2024 or in subsequent years. 9. The name of the contact person for the regulation: Cori Hondolero, Executive Administrator Alaska Board of Public Accountancy Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development Telephone: (907) 269-4712 E-mail: cori.hondolero@alaska.gov10. The origin of the proposed action: Staff of state agency.11. Date: 2/26/2024 Prepared by: Alison Osborne, Regulations Specialist