[Gorjus]

Legislators should either have permitted the use of the $100 fee to cover all costs of implementation,...

Exactly. By over-constraining the use of the fees for concealed licenses, they did indeed create an unfunded mandate. A better law would set the fee to cover the reasonable costs of processing the license - in other words, to be revenue neutral - and then use that as a template for all provided services. Let those who want a service pay for it instead of extorting money by force (called, 'taxes') to pay for a service not wanted by everyone, even if the service is a good idea like processing concealed handgun licenses.

[o_zarkman44]

What is the cost of a form paper and a pen, and a deputy time of 5 or 10 minutes to process and file the paperwork? The way some people are sounding is that there will be long lines of people every day consuming considerable hours of the department personnel. After the initial rush of applications, say for 30 days, just exactly how many applications for ccw permits will be processed?

Perhaps the initial rush of applications will take some time. But again, each county will have varying amounts of applicants. So how can the cost be calculated? And for each application the Sheriff will collect 100 bucks. That will be 100 bucks more than the dept had. Chances are there would have been a Deputy or a clerk on duty anyhow, so no additional employees would be necessary. How can CCW be viewed as an unfunded mandate when a Sheriff already provides the process for background checks for handgun permits? The CCW permit is just an extension of that duty. And the Sheriff gets to keep the money collected. Not the state, the county, the BATF or whoever.
If the anti gunners had their way, a CCW permit would cost $10,000.00. And to think of the considerable waste of money fighting for the right to Carry concealed Weapons because some people believe freedom of choice is one sided.