SJR 031 - Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note - SJR 031 - Allows Nonattorney Representation in Certain Cases

L.R. NO.  1870-02
BILL NO.  Perfected SCS for SJR 31
SUBJECT:  Attorneys; Employment Security
TYPE:     Original
DATE:     March 19, 1996



                              FISCAL SUMMARY
                    ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS


FUND AFFECTED              FY 1997             FY 1998           FY 1999

General Revenue          ($19,400)                  $0                $0

Total Estimated
Net Effect on All
State Funds              ($19,400)                  $0                $0

                   ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS


FUND AFFECTED              FY 1997             FY 1998           FY 1999

None

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

                    ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS


FUND AFFECTED              FY 1997             FY 1998           FY 1999

Local Government                $0                  $0                $0


                              FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials of the State Tax Commission stated that the proposal would not
affect their agencies, fiscally.

Officials of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Division of
Employment Security anticipate one-time costs for printing informational
pamphlets and other documents to inform affected corporate employers and to
train appeals referees. Oversight notes that the proposal would require
enabling legislation and assumes costs would be addressed in the fiscal note
for that legislation.

Advertisement costs for the proposal would be $1,220 per newspaper column
inch for the text of the proposal, the introduction, title, fiscal note
summary, and affidavit.  The proposal would be on the ballot for the November
1996 general election.

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 1997   FY 1998   FY 1999

GENERAL REVENUE FUND

Cost-Secretary of State
  Newspaper Advertisements     ($19,400)

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON
GENERAL REVENUE FUND           ($19,400)


FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 1997   FY 1998   FY 1999

                                       0         0         0


DESCRIPTION

This proposal would allow corporate employers with less than fifty employees
in the state of Missouri to be represented by corporate officers or full-time
employees in  unemployment compensation claims adjudicated by the Division of
Employment Security and appeals to the State Tax Commission. This
representation would not be deemed the practice of law.

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 Labor and Industrial Relations
Secretary of State
State Tax Commission