COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION



FISCAL NOTE



L.R. No.: 1371-05

Bill No.: SB 436

Subject: General Obligation and Revenue Bonds; Tobacco Products

Type: Original

Date: February 10, 2003




FISCAL SUMMARY



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND
FUND AFFECTED FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
Total Estimated

Net Effect on

General Revenue

Fund

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
Total Estimated

Net Effect on Other

State Funds

$0 $0 $0



Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.

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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

Federal Funds

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
Local Government $0 $0 $0




FISCAL ANALYSIS





ASSUMPTION



Officials from the Office of the Governor, Secretary of State, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the State Treasurer, Office of the State Auditor, and the Office of Administration, Division of Accounting and Division of Budget and Planning assume this legislation would not fiscally impact their respective agency or that any potential costs arising from this proposal can be absorbed with existing resources.



Oversight assumes this proposal is enabling legislation and there would be no fiscal impact.





FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
$0 $0 $0



FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
$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 makes changes to the authorization allowing securitization through the sale of bonds of a portion of the state's annual tobacco settlement payments. Under current law, a limit of $175 million of the bond proceeds could be used in any one fiscal year. Any unused amount could be carried forward and be cumulatively added to the next fiscal year's expenditure allowance of $175 million.



The proposal changes this provision by capping Fiscal Year 2003 expenditures of the proceeds at $100 million and limiting future expenditures to no more than $300 million in any subsequent fiscal year.



The bill also clarifies the law allowing concurrent authority to the Board of Public Buildings to issues bonds for securitization with the Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority and requires all proceeds from the bond sale to be deposited in the Tobacco Securitization Settlement Trust Fund.

The bill contains an emergency clause.



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



Secretary of State

Office of the Attorney General

State Treasurer

Office of Administration

Division of Accounting

Budget and Planning

Office of the Governor

Office of the State Auditor









Mickey Wilson, CPA

Director

February 10, 2003