SB 0562 - Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note - SB 0562 - Statements of registered sex offenders are not public records; certain information made public

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. NO. 2127-01

BILL NO. SB 562

SUBJECT: Crimes and Punishment: Criminal Procedure

TYPE: Original

DATE: January 12, 1998

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FISCAL SUMMARY

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
None
Total Estimated Net Effect on All State Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
None
Total Estimated Net Effect on All Federal Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
Local Government	(Unknown)	(Unknown)	(Unknown)

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses

This fiscal note contains 3 pages.

FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials of the Office of Prosecution Services, State Public Defender, Missouri Sheriffs' Association, and Missouri Police Chiefs' Association assume that this proposal would have no fiscal impact to their agencies.

Officials of the State Courts Administrator would expect one or more test cases to explore the parameters of the law, but would not anticipate any appreciable increase in costs to the judiciary.

Officials of the Department of Public Safety - Missouri State Highway Patrol's (MSHP) Criminal Records Division assume the number of requests for the offender list would increase due to this proposal. To maintain an accurate and current list, MSHP would request one Quality Control Clerk to process paperwork and to coordinate the release of the list to agencies and people with no access to a MULES terminal.

Oversight assumes for purposes of this fiscal note that MSHP is currently required to maintain a Sex Offender Registry according to Section 566.600 to 566.625. This proposal would not add any additional duties to the MSHP. Therefore, Oversight assumes that MSHP would be able would have no need for additional FTE.

In response to a similar proposal from the previous legislative session, officials of the Jefferson City Police Department assumed that the proposal would result in an estimated cost of $100 annually to their department to provide a complete list of names and addresses of each offender registered within their jurisdiction as well as the crime for which they were convicted upon request.

This proposal would require any local law enforcement agency to provide a complete list of the names and addresses of each offender registered within such agency's jurisdiction as well as the crime for which such offender was convicted to any person upon request. Oversight assumes that local law enforcement agencies could incur costs associated with copying the sex offender registry, but that such costs would not be of a magnitude that would prompt local governments to seek state reimbursement.

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
	(10 Mo.)
	0	0	0
FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
	(10 Mo.)
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
Cost-local law enforcement agencies
Copies of sex offender registry	(Unknown)	(Unknown)	(Unknown)

FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business

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

DESCRIPTION

This proposal would require local law enforcement to provide upon request a complete list of the names, addresses, and criminal convictions of each sexual offender within their jurisdiction, including individuals who received a suspended imposition of sentence.

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 - Missouri State Highway Patrol

State Courts Administrator

State Public Defender

Missouri Sheriffs' Association

Missouri Police Chiefs' Association

Jefferson City Police Department

Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

January 12, 1998