This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.
This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.
Fiscal Note - SJR 021 - Disposition of funds received as a result of certain legal settlements
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO. 2204-02
BILL NO. SJR 21
SUBJECT: Constitutional Amendment: Public Health
TYPE: Original
DATE: January 20, 1998
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS Net Effect on All State Funds
FUND AFFECTED
FY 1999
FY 2000
FY 2001 General Revenue
($37,600)
$0
$0
Total Estimated
($37,600)
$0
$0
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| 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 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses
This fiscal note contains 3 pages.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
Officials of the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Health, the Department of Social Services stated that the proposal would not have any direct effect on their agencies.
The proposal would by defining funds received due to a settlement as federal funds would remove those funds from the definition of "total state revenues" in section 17 or article X of the state constitution.
Advertisement costs for the proposal would be $3,990 per newspaper column inch for three publications of the text of the proposal, the introduction, title, fiscal note summary, and affidavit. The proposal would be on the ballot for the November 1998 general election.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| Cost to General Revenue Fund | |||
| Secretary of State | |||
| Newspaper Advertisements | ($37,600) | ||
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| $0 | $0 | $0 | |
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
DESCRIPTION
This proposal would specify that funds received by Missouri from a settlement or award related to tobacco settlements approved by Congress or decided in federal courts would be:
1) used for health purposes or purposes specified in the settlement or award,
2) subject to appropriation, and
DESCRIPTION (continued)
3) considered "federal funds" as used in section 18 of article X of the Missouri Constitution and not "penalties, forfeitures and fines" as provided in section 7 of article IX.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space. The proposal would affect Total State Revenue.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Health
Department of Mental Health
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Social Services
Secretary of State
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
January 20, 1998