SB 0528 - Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note - SB 0528 - Requires high school approval when high school students get a driver's license

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. NO. 2343-03

BILL NO. SB 528

SUBJECT: Education, Elementary and Secondary: Driver's Licenses

TYPE: Original

DATE: January 30, 1998

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FISCAL SUMMARY

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
Highway	($10,762)	($5,688)	($5,784)
Total Estimated Net Effect on All State Funds	($10,762)	($5,688)	($5,784)

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
None	$0	$0	$0
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

ASSUMPTION

Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) assume the proposal would result in no fiscal impact to DESE, but school districts could incur costs for filling out approval forms. The cost would be unknown. The Oversight Division assumes the schools could use existing records to determine students' eligibility for a driver's license and could accomplish the provisions of the proposal with existing resources.

Officials from the Department of Revenue (DOR) assume the Driver's License Bureau would require $2,500 in computer programming costs to modify the driver's license system to contain an age and approval edit. All approval forms would be forwarded to the central office for microfilming and retention. The bureau would need the services of .5 FTE Clerk Typist II ($1,376 monthly) to microfilm the documents. In addition, the bureau would incur forms and postage expenses in the amount of $8,262 in FY 1999, $5,688 in FY 2001 and $5,784 in FY 2001. The Oversight Division assumes the microfilming and record retention could be done with existing staff.

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
	(10 Mo.)
HIGHWAY FUND
Cost-Department of Revenue
Form and Postage	($8,262)	($5,688)	($5,784)
Computer Programming	(2,500)	0	0
Total Cost-DOR	($10,762)	($5,688)	($5,784)
FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
	(10 Mo.)
	0	0	0
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business

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

DESCRIPTION

No public, private, parochial or parish high school student could apply for an operator's license unless the student received the approval of the chief administrative officer of the district where the student attends. The requirement would only apply to persons under the age of eighteen.

Local school boards and chief administrative officers would set criteria for students to meet to apply for motor vehicle operators' licenses. The criteria could include attendance, behavior and minimum grades. The schools would administer the policy and sign the approval forms. Every high school student applying for a license would present the approval, which would be validated with a school official signature.

The DOR would design and provide a common form for the application. DOR would require every person under the age of eighteen the approval, proof of graduation from high school, or an affidavit by the parent that the child is no longer attending school.

Any person in the General Educational Development (GED) program and in home school would be construed to be in high school. The administrator of the GED program and parent or guardian would set criteria for approval, and DOR would provide forms.

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 not apply to any person who already received a valid motor vehicle operator's license.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Department of Revenue

NOT RESPONDING: St. Louis Public Schools

Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

January 30, 1998