COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. No.: 3345-01

Bill No.: SB 738

Subject: Agriculture and Animals; Environmental Protection; Natural Resources Dept.

Type: Original

Date: February 5, 2008

Bill Summary: Requires the Department of Natural Resources to establish time lines for processing certain permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and modifies penalties for offenses perpetrated by these operations

FISCAL SUMMARY

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011


Total Estimated Net Effect on General Revenue Fund	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011
Natural Resources Protection Water Pollution Permit Fee (0568) Fund	$0 to ($14,770)	$0 to ($18,256)	$0 to ($18,803)

Total Estimated Net Effect on Other State Funds	$0 to ($14,770)	$0 to ($18,256)	$0 to ($18,803)

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.

This fiscal note contains 4 pages.

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011


Total Estimated Net Effect on All Federal Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011


Total Estimated Net Effect on FTE	0	0	0

☐ Estimated Total Net Effect on All funds expected to exceed $100,000 savings or (cost).

☐ Estimated Net Effect on General Revenue Fund expected to exceed $100,000 (cost).

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011
Local Government	$0	$0	$0

FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Office of State Courts Administrator, Department of Public Safety, Department of Health and Senior Services and State Treasurer's Office assume no fiscal impact to their agencies.

Officials from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) assume for purposes of this fiscal note, the department estimates that there are twelve (12) site specific CAFO permits per year that would not meet the 90-day deadline and would therefore have to be published according to this proposal. The average cost for one classified column is estimated to be $1,477 over ten days. Therefore, the anticipated fiscal impact from the publication provisions in this proposal would be up to $17,724 annually. If the intent of this proposal is to require that a display ad be published the cost would be increased significantly, as much as 5 times the estimated fiscal impact. The average cost of display ads is $6,877 per publication or $82,518 annually.

The proposed publication provision is an additional requirement in the permitting process that was not considered at the time the fee structure was developed.

As the Department continues to make improvements to the permitting process, it is possible that the number of instances that require publishing would decrease thereby reducing the potential fiscal impact from this proposal.

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government	FY 2009 (10 Mo.)	FY 2010	FY 2011

NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION WATER POLLUTION PERMIT FEE (0568) FUND

Cost - Department of Natural Resources
Equipment & Expense	$0 to ($14,770)	$0 to ($18,256)	$0 to ($18,803)

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION WATER POLLUTION PERMIT FEE (0568) FUND	$0 to ($14,770)	$0 to ($18,256)	$0 to ($18,803)

FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government

FY 2009

(10 Mo.)

FY 2010

FY 2011

FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business

No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.

FISCAL DESCRIPTION

The proposed legislation appears to have no fiscal impact.

This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Department of Agriculture

Office of State Courts Administrator

Department of Public Safety

Department of Health and Senior Services

State Treasurer's Office

Mickey Wilson, CPA

Director

February 5, 2008