COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. No.:         3773-01

Bill No.:          HB 1606

Subject:           State Attorney General; Consumer Protection; Political Parties

Type:              Original

Date:               April 15, 2008

Bill Summary:            The proposal prohibits automated telephone solicitations for political campaigns to individuals on the No-Call List.

FISCAL SUMMARY

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.

This fiscal note contains 4 pages.

☐ 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).

FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials from the Department of Corrections, Department of Public Safety – Director’s Office, and the Office of the State Public Defender assume the proposal would have no fiscal impact on their agencies.

Officials from the Office of the Attorney General assume any potential costs arising from this proposal can be absorbed within existing resources.

Officials from the Office of State Courts Administrator assume the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on the courts.

Officials from the Office of the Secretary of State (SOS) assume many bills considered by the General Assembly include provisions allowing or requiring agencies to submit rules and regulations to implement the act. The SOS is provided with core funding to handle a certain amount of normal activity resulting from each year’s legislative session. The fiscal impact for this proposal for Administrative Rules is less than $2,500. The SOS recognizes this is a small amount and does not expect additional funding would be required to meet these costs. However, SOS also recognizes that many such bills may be passed in a given year and that collectively the costs may be in excess of what the SOS can sustain with their core budget. Any additional required funding would be handled through the budget process.

Officials from the Office of Prosecution Services did not respond to Oversight’s request for fiscal impact.

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

Office of the Attorney General

Office of State Courts Administrator

Department of Corrections

Department of Public Safety

            – Director’s Office

Office of the Secretary of State

Office of the State Public Defender

NOT RESPONDING

Office of Prosecution Services

                                                                                                Mickey Wilson, CPA

                                                                                                Director

                                                                                                April 15, 2008