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John Rice Carter: You know, what's really interesting, Mr. Posey, is they've got this new rule, I am not sure who promulgated it, that if…

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
You know, what's really interesting, Mr. Posey, is they've got this new rule, I am not sure who promulgated it, that if you are a volunteer on a commission or a board that has anything, any form or fashion that handles money, you have to pay a $600 licensing fee to get a license to serve on the volunteer board. You know, the one that comes to mind is, every city of any size has what's called a planning and zoning commission. I happened to serve as the chairman of that commission in my hometown of Round Rock, Texas. It's a hard job. It's in many ways a thankless job. But now, in order for a volunteer to come in and serve to decide how the city's going to plan and zone its area for various construction and business, you got to pay a fee to volunteer, 600 bucks. But that's not how ridiculous it is; any board, agency, or commission. And every State has literally thousands of these volunteer positions that people do to help out their State, their city, their county.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia
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Mar 9, 2011

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The speaker addresses a new rule requiring volunteers on boards handling money to pay a $600 licensing fee.

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