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	Health Systems Resource Guide: user fees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		User fees for health care, also referred to as cost sharing, cost recovery or co-payment, are widespread around the developing world, despite mounting opposition to them.
		If user fees continue to be applied, their administration and management needs to be improved to make them more efficient, and appropriate mechanisms are needed for exempting the vulnerable and poor.
		User fees have recently been abolished in health sectors of some developing countries, and there is growing momentum world wide to abolish user fees.
	www.eldis.org /healthsystems/userfees (558 words)

	World Bank Bonds Boycott-User Fees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		User fees are now often referred to with the friendlier sounding names of “cost sharing” or “community financing”, but they still mean people no longer being able to afford health care or school.
		In addition, while user fees have been touted as a means of building community “ownership”, user fees are often used to cover administrative costs for the government and may not translate into direct improvements in services at the local level.
		The imposition of fees is supposed to be ameliorated by exempting the poorest.
	www.econjustice.net /wbbb/links/casestudy/userfees.htm (1643 words)

	The Appropriate Role of User Charges in State and Local Finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fees frequently are levied in association with zoning and land use decisions where local governments are charged with enforcing requirements for adequate infrastructure, environmental protection and mitigation, and local building code enforcement.
		User charges are the equivalent of the operating portion of the state budget, not the capital portion of the budget.
		Opponents of user charges argue that these fees may make state and local revenue systems more regressive--that is, low-income households may pay a greater proportion of their income for taxes and fees than do higher income households.
	www.ncsl.org /programs/fiscal/fpufmain.htm (7834 words)

	Questrade: Professional Traders User Fees
		If you qualify as a non-professional trader/subscriber, these fees are NOT applicable to you.
		These fees are directly related to the exchange, not Questrade.
		If you have questions about being a professional trader or the application of these fees, please contact Questrade support at 416-227-9876 or 1-888-QUEST-66 (1-888-783-7866) or via email.
	www.questrade.com /fees/fees_prof_user.html (142 words)

	REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL USER FEE SYSTEM IN THE LAGUNA DE BAY REGION
		This environmental user fee system is primarily aimed at reducing the pollution loading into the Laguna de Bay by enjoining all dischargers of liquid waste to internalize the cost of environmental degradation and enhancement into their business decisions or actions.
		The total annual user fees of a permit applicant or discharger for the current year shall be assessed based on the data provided by the applicant in the application form and previous year’s self monitoring reports, if any, the Industrial Effluent Guide, and other data available at the Authority.
		User Fees A user fee shall be assessed for any discharger that makes use of the lake or its tributary and streams for the purpose of disposing liquid waste or wastewater.
	www.worldbank.org /nipr/ecowatch/laguna2.htm (3467 words)

	User Fees Agreement
		User(s) will furnish all bedding material (to be not less than six (6) inches deep across the surface area of the stall) for the comfort of the horse and ensure that the stall is cleaned on a daily basis.
		User(s) agree to hold harmless the ETRC, ETRC members and the ETRC Board of Directors for any injury to or death of the horse or for any chronic disease or illness of the horse while the horse is on the premise of the ETRC.
		User (s) agrees to abide by all General Rules, Standing Rules and By Laws of the ETRC at all times and to pay any and all fees (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and court costs) arising from any legal proceeding regarding the terms of this Agreement and/or the User(s) compliance therewith.
	www.korrnet.org /etrc/userfees.htm (541 words)

	User Fees for Public Lands - Conservation Policies - Sierra Club
		Fees should not be increased to such an extent that they deter visitors to national parks.
		Fees should be increased only in response to and consistent with actual increases in operating costs.
		Fees should not be charged for services aimed at education and enriching the public's visits, such as visitor centers, interpretive talks, and similar activities.
	www.sierraclub.org /policy/conservation/userfees.asp (587 words)

	User fees in natural parks issues and management. In PARKS Vol. 4, No. 2. -
		User fees have proven a successful mechanism for generating income for MPAs, though there are some dangers inherent in establishing a user fee system - primarily alienating people used to free access and favouring more-visited over less-visited areas.
		Other risks include redeployment of scarce personnel resources toward collection of fees rather than protection of resources; controversy and public opposition; and an increased likelihood, in some cases, that the park service may be held legally responsible for accidents suffered by users.
		Fees can be used as a tool for managing use and directing activities to appropriate areas.
	www.oceansatlas.org /id/18862 (427 words)

	The Appropriate Role of User Fees and Charges in State and Local Finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		User charges--charges imposed for providing current services or for the sale of products in connection with general government activities--have been a significant part of public finance for decades.
		User charges also may be an effective method of reducing consumption of scarce resources.
		Impact fees are a relatively new phenomenon that involve cash payments to local governments for off-site improvements like schools, public safety, transportation, and parks and recreation facilities.
	www.ncsl.org /programs/fiscal/fpufxsum.htm (962 words)

	User Fees 99
		User fees are the "offset" to the funding sought by HCFA.
		Imposing the further burden of a hidden tax such as user fees is simply not justifiable.
		The Administration has again proposed user fees despite the fact that a nearly identical proposal last year proved to be extremely unpopular in Congress and was soundly defeated.
	www.upmc.edu /govrel/FederalRelations/FederalLegislation/106Congress/IssuePaper/userfees99.htm (325 words)

	idaho mountain express : New law proposes permanent user fees : For the week of October 15 - 21, 2003
		It would make public lands user fees permanent for five federal agencies, with the addition of the Bureau of Reclamation to the agencies already covered by the trial program.
		At the time of their implementation, user fees were wildly unpopular on the Sawtooth National Forest, where general access fees were charged.
		The report estimated that an additional $10 million of appropriated funds had to be used to enforce and manage the fee demo program, putting the total cost of generating the $35 million in annual fees collected at a little more than $16 million.
	www.mtexpress.com /2003/03-10-15/03-10-15userfees.htm (585 words)

	USATODAY.com - Once-free services getting hit by user fees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Americans are paying new or higher fees for city and county services that they once took for granted, as local officials try to solve their budget problems without raising taxes.
		User fees first came into vogue after California enacted Proposition 13 in 1978, which capped the taxes that local governments could levy, says Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union, a group based in Alexandria, Va.
		Ransom argues that the explosion of fees on services that formerly were free or paid for by taxes places a disproportionate burden on the poor.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-05-04-fees-usat_x.htm (1163 words)

	Animals and Animal Products User Fees
		User fees are charged for the services APHIS provides related to the importation, entry, or exportation of animals and animal products.
		User fees for import or entry services for live animals at land border ports along the United States-Canada border.
		User fees for inspecting and approving import/export facilities and establishments.
	www.aphis.usda.gov /vs/ncie/userfees.html (152 words)

	User fees for recreation services on public lands: a national assessment
		Sample frequencies indicated that over 95 percent of the respondents felt that fees or a combination of fees and taxes should be used to fund at least one of the services.
		Boat ramps, campgrounds, and special exhibits drew the most support for users fees, with over 80 percent of respondents indicating that user fees should be charged to cover at least part of the costs of providing these services.
		However, in a general fee model and in a number of specific service models, income and ethnicity surfaced as significant explanatory variables, indicating that concerns about fairness in the implementation of fees are not unfounded.
	www.srs.fs.usda.gov /pubs/1372 (492 words)

	User Fees, Townsman, January 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The advantages and disadvantages of user fees versus property taxes to fund municipal services need to be thoughtfully reviewed before making a choice of one or the other or a mixture of taxes and user fees.
		The amount charged as a user fee is restricted only by the demand for a service and the cost of providing it.
		The tonnage fee for new contracting towns is $68.50 per ton, but under the current contract with PERC, which expires December 31, 1994, Jay pays $28.50 per ton, thus some of the earlier members pay $48.50 per ton for their contracts.
	www.memun.org /SchoolsProject/html/Resources/Budget/user_fees.htm (2621 words)

	User fees blamed for cholera outbreak in South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		This incident serves to highlight the damaging effects of fiscal balancing policies promoted by the likes of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in borrower countries and which have entailed the imposition of user fees for the provision of basic services as governments are exhorted to balance their budgets.
		Conversely, after $8 annual school fees were dropped in Uganda in 1997, the number of school-going children doubled immediately, according to a bank study.
		While advocacy groups acknowledge that doing away with user fees will not by itself solve the entrenched problems of poor health and low educational attainment in the world’s poorest countries, it would remove one prominent barrier lining the road to development.
	www.twnside.org.sg /title/cholera.htm (776 words)

	User fees for scuba divers -
		This is encapsulated in the levying of charges ' most frequently referred to as 'user fees' ' on those who accrue benefits from the MPA.
		Equity is therefore a major attraction of user fees and the principle challenge is to devise a system which sets a fair value on uses and services, and generates acceptable net returns.
		Many organisations and protected areas have begun with a single type of user fee and gradually developed a more diverse fee structure to the point that a substantial income can be generated.
	www.oceansatlas.org /cds_static/en/user_fees_scuba_divers__en_18866_all_1.html (347 words)

	Online TDM Encyclopedia - Pricing Methods
		Road Pricing means that vehicle users are charged a direct fee (toll) for driving on a particular road or bridge, or in a particular area (a “cordon”).
		They are most suitable for long-term users (monthly or annual passes) for employees and residents, although they are sometimes used to collect daily parking fees.
		More sophisticated meters can be networked so users can pay for additional time using a credit or debit card account at a meter several blocks away from where they parked, or using the Internet or telephone messaging, allowing motorists to pay from an in-vehicle telematic system or a cellular telephone.
	www.vtpi.org /tdm/tdm83.htm (3072 words)

	Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding Road User Fee Task Force
		The Road User Fee Task Force was established through HB 3946, passed by the 2001 Oregon Legislative Assembly.
		Mission: To develop a revenue collection design funded through user pay methods, acceptable and visible to the public, that ensures a flow of revenue sufficient to annually maintain, preserve and improve Oregon´s state, county and city highway and road system.
		The Road User Fee Task Force is charged with the duty of designing a new revenue collection system for road funding to ultimately replace the gas tax.
	www.oregon.gov /ODOT/HWY/OIPP/ruftf.shtml (163 words)

	AAMC : Provider User Fees
		The user fees would help fund the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service's (CMS) Program Management budget for FY 2003, proposed at $2.5 billion, an increase of $77 million or 3.2 percent over FY 2002.
		For example, the House of Representatives recorded its opposition to such fees on June 5, 1998, when it voted 421-0 against legislation entitled "The User Fee Act of 1998," H.R. The bill would have authorized the various user fees, including non-health related fees, proposed in President Clinton's FY 1999 budget.
		However, no user fee authorization bill was indeed passed, and the final spending bill (H.R. did not include legislative language authorizing the user fees.
	www.aamc.org /advocacy/library/teachphys/phys0012.htm (275 words)

	AIRPEX Help - User Fees
		The entry level fees are accessed from the 7501 EDIT SCREEN by putting the cursor in a field above the invoice line table (such as the payment type field) and press F8.
		If the total amount of the Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF) does not exceed $3.00 and no other commodity fee, IR Tax, or duty apply to the entry, the total reported is $0.00.
		For HMF (Harbor Maintenance Fee) computations, the rate in effect on the date of importation is used.
	www.bmsi.com /bmsi/doc/bildh/userfees.html (528 words)

	Tanzania: Opposing User Fees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In general, the position of gender groups and many CSOs is that unconditional withdrawal of user fees in the areas of health, education, and water is necessary.
		In terms of the decision to abolish user fees at the primary school level, while we understand that the government is constrained, we contest that removing user fees at only one level is not sufficient and not sustainable.
		The proposals by the government on user fees on education and health sectors should be further analysed with more input from the civil society, meaning the public.
	www.africapolicy.org /docs00/tan0011.htm (3099 words)

	JS Online: Expect to pay more user fees
		Wisconsin municipalities are creating a host of user fees to make their budgets add up in the face of rising costs and new state limits on property tax collections.
		User fees are continuing to come into the picture of government services because that’s the only way you can continue to offer these services.
		The fees are attractive to municipal officials because they take some of the cost of services such as roads and fire protection off property tax rolls and spread the costs to churches, hospitals, non-profit senior housing complexes and other tax-exempt properties.
	www.jsonline.com /news/state/oct05/362703.asp (828 words)

	JS Online: Elmbrook district to consider new user fees
		A $50 user fee, with a maximum $100 a family, that would be assessed to all students in music performance courses, such as orchestra, band and chorus.
		A $50 user fee, also with a maximum $100 a family, that would be assessed to students in athletic and other extracurricular activities, such as clubs.
		Superintendent Matt Gibson, who recommended the music user fee in a memo to board members, said there was "strong parent-community support" both for restoring all or a portion of the proposed music reductions and for user fees as a revenue source.
	www.jsonline.com /news/wauk/apr02/37244.asp (804 words)

	Is the Forest Service Fee Program Appropriate for Public Lands
		One problem with the proposed fee program is that the Forest Service plans to turn over more of their duties to local interest and enlist businesses in partnerships to maintain some of the recreation sites.
		The fee program creates a new method of non-appropriations funding for the Forest Service which in the bottom line is not accountable to the public.
		What appears to be happening is that the Forest Service in the implementation of user fees to supplement dwindling budget appropriations is in actuality turning the right to hike on our public lands in to a privilege.
	www.wildwilderness.org /docs/prescott.htm (1873 words)

	SADC yet to harmonise road user fees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The RFA is responsible for charging entry fees to foreign vehicles that use Namibian roads.
		The increase is part of its efforts to keep the condition of the roads in the country in a tiptop condition and is based on estimates that inflation will increase by 8% per annum over the next five years.
		The road user charges administrated by the RFA include licence and registration fees, abnormal load fees, cross border charges and fuel levies.
	www.economist.com.na /2004/9july/07-09-17.htm (309 words)

	JS Online: Districts turn to user fees as budget salve
		Some student fees in Milwaukee Public Schools are left largely to the discretion of high school principals, who usually try to use them sparingly, said Michelle Nate, the MPS director of finance.
		Speaking against a proposed fee for music lessons, which had been billed as a way to save a music teacher's position, Eckert outlined the thousands of dollars her family has spent on her music education.
		But when it comes to fees for elementary and secondary schools, the co-chairman of the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee said it was up to local school boards to determine whether they wanted to use them to deal with possible budget deficits and to keep a broad selection of extracurricular activities.
	www.jsonline.com /news/wauk/may03/138565.asp (1147 words)

	WAHSA's 2000 Issue Paper: User Fees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In his FY 2001 budget proposal, President Clinton once again has included a variety of user fees to be imposed on health care providers to offset some of the operating expenses of HCFA.
		The first proposed user fee would permit either HCFA or the State to charge facilities a fee to cover the full cost of their initial Medicaid/Medicare surveys.
		Simply stated, the imposition of user fees on nursing facilities would take limited resources that should be used for resident care and shift them to pay for services that are the responsibility of government.
	www.wahsa.org /issfees.htm (309 words)

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