COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.: 2570-10
Bill No.: SCS for SB 735
Subject: Boards and Commissions, Committees, Councils; Cemeteries; Historic Preservation; Military Affairs; Parks and Recreation; Veterans
Type: Original
Date: April 16, 2004
FISCAL SUMMARY
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| General Revenue | (Unknown) | (Unknown) | (Unknown) |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on General Revenue Fund |
(Unknown) | (Unknown) | (Unknown) |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on Other State Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.
This fiscal note contains 5 pages.
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Department of Economic Development and Department of Transportation, assume no fiscal impact to their agency.
Officials from the Department of Natural Resources assume this proposal creates the Missouri State Park Board through Executive Order 86-26. The board consists of at least 9 but no more than 11 members, whom are appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.
Officials of the Department of Natural Resources assume the department would have the responsibility of developing and maintaining an inventory to include the annual physical condition of the state park system, military monuments or memorials, markers, or designated veterans' grave markers on state sites and on municipal, private property or other land that are included in the registry.
Assume that there are 10 members on the board and they meet every month to discuss all matters relating to the acquisition, development, and operation of the Missouri state park system including state historical military monuments, memorials and markers.
ASSUMPTION (continued)
This proposal would require an exhaustive survey of all public and private memorials, markers and events and an annual assessment of each.
The department assumes the registration fees established by the board are small charges; therefore, the revenue arising from it will be minimal.
The department assumes the members of the board would meet every other month for the first year to establish procedures for a registry of state historic military monuments, markers, etc., and for the historical marker program and quarterly after the first year to discuss all matters relating to the acquisition, development, and operation of the Missouri state park system.
The department assumes 4 FTE's would be requested to operate the voluntary program. One Senior Office Support Assistant who provides the support for data entry, filing, maintaining a registry and all matters related to meetings as well as general office duties; and three Cultural Resource Preservationists II who each travel a minimum of twice a month statewide to review, document and inspect all physical condition of state historic military monuments or memorials, markers, or designated veterans' grave markers on state, municipal, private or other land that are included in the registry.
Oversight assumes that other funds could be utilized to implement this proposal.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2004
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2005 | FY 2006 |
| GENERAL REVENUE | |||
| Cost - Department of Natural Resources | (Unknown) | (Unknown) | (Unknown) |
| ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE |
(Unknown) |
(Unknown) |
(Unknown) |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2004
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2005 | FY 2006 |
| $0 | $0 | $0 |
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
It is unknown if there will be any direct fiscal impact to small business.
DESCRIPTION
This act establishes the Missouri State Park Board, originally created by Executive Order 86-26. The original purpose of the board remains intact with this substitute, however the management of the historic marker program becomes the responsibility of the board here. Membership information is detailed in this act - the number is kept at the current board membership, eight; at least two of these members are to come from areas where a historic site of significant military history is located. This substitute defines what a "historic site of significant military history" is to mean for the purposes of this act. All members are to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
The historic marker program is laid out in this act and this substitute clarifies that such program is a voluntary one, with military memorials, monuments, or markers located on state, municipal, private and other land being included on the registry. Withdrawal from the registry by private and municipal landowners is dealt with in the act. Registration fees that shall be established by the board for those landowners interested in submitting their site for inclusion on the registry, shall be utilized exclusively for the administration and management of the historic marker program.
Reporting requirements for the board are laid out in this act, the meeting time for the board has been changed to coincide with current practice by the board - they shall meet at least quarterly or when called to meet by the chairman.
The Department of Natural Resources shall not, under this act, modify or remove any registered marker without due process. Such process shall include public hearings, notice of these hearings, and a majority vote by the Missouri state park board before any change can be made.
The act directs that any monument, flag, memorial, or marker that was in place before December 21, 2002, on any site under the control of the department and has since been removed, be replaced and future modification be subject to board vote. Any person who knowingly removes, defaces or destroys monuments, memorials or markers protected under the registry shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. And finally, the possibility of relocating monuments, memorials or markers for the sake of construction or repair is accounted for, provided the monument, memorial or marker is prominently displayed
DESCRIPTION (continued)
This legislation is not federally mandated, however, it would duplicate the Division of State Parks and Historic Preservation Office within the Department of Natural Resources. It would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Economic Development
Department of Transportation
Department of Natural Resources
Mickey Wilson, CPA
Director
April 16, 2004