COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. No.:         4850-01

Bill No.:          HB 2157

Subject:           Crimes and Punishment; Merchandising Practices; Credit and Bankruptcy

Type:              Original

Date:               March 7, 2008

Bill Summary:            The proposal allows a consumer to file a police report regarding identity theft.

FISCAL SUMMARY

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.

This fiscal note contains 5 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 Public Safety – Director’s Office and the – Missouri State Highway Patrol assume the proposal would have no fiscal impact on their agencies.

Officials from the Boone County Sheriff’s Department assume increased costs are possible, but are likely to be nominal. Officials have no way to track reports their agency has already taken to document an identity theft where they did not have jurisdiction to investigate. Officials assume they are currently taking such reports, so there should be no change to their department.

Officials from the Springfield Police Department estimate costs to document and follow up on identity theft investigations in other jurisdiction for each of the estimated 800 to 1,000 cases per year to be a minimum of $500 to $1,000. Officials estimate total annual costs to be in excess of $100,000.

Oversight assumes local law enforcement agencies could incur increased costs of investigating identity theft complaints taken in their jurisdiction or referred to them by other jurisdictions. Oversight assumes the statewide cost to local law enforcement agencies could exceed $100,000 per year.

Officials from the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, St. Louis County Police Department, Columbia Police Department, Kansas City Police Department, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 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 allows any person who has learned or reasonably suspects that he or she has been the victim of identity theft to file and receive a copy of a police report with the local law

enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over his or her residence. If the jurisdiction for the investigation and prosecution of the crime lies elsewhere, the local law enforcement agency may refer the complaint to an enforcement agency in that jurisdiction.

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 Public Safety

            – Director’s Office

            – Missouri State Highway Patrol

Boone County Sheriff’s Department

Springfield Police Department

NOT RESPONDING

Greene County Sheriff’s Department

Jackson County Sheriff’s Department

St. Louis County Police Department

Columbia Police Department

Kansas City Police Department

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

                                                                                                Mickey Wilson, CPA

                                                                                                Director

                                                                                                March 7, 2008