Agreed, when I was with the HBL I supported paying our share and making sure then making sure the  public knew about it.  However,  this never happened.  Part of the problem about paying annual fees was 1) no one monitored and  2) fined those who did not (it was an enforcement issue :) )  Then there needed to be a means by which the licensing fees would be administered and earmarked for bike way development and maintenance...this never happened.