COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.: 2579-07
Bill No.: Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed HCS for SCS for SB 972
Subject: Public Safety Department; Attorney General; Governor; Boards; Public Officers.
Type: Original
Date: May 21, 2004
FISCAL SUMMARY
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on General Revenue Fund |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Missouri Public Safety Office Medal of Valor | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on Other State Funds* |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
* Offsetting donations and expenditures.
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.
This fiscal note contains 4 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 Office of the Governor, Office of Attorney General and the Office of the State Treasurer each assume the proposal would not fiscally impact their respective agencies.
Officials from the Office of Administration - Deputy Commissioner's Office (COA) assume that the Missouri Medal of Valor Review Board would be assigned to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and that DPS would request appropriations to pay the expenses of the Board. With this assumption, COA assumes no fiscal impact from the proposal.
Officials from the Department of Public Safety - Office of the Director (DPS) state law enforcement officers going above and beyond the call of duty would be eligible for this medal. A review board would be created, chaired by the department director or the director's designee. The review board would nominate to the Governor whom the medal should be awarded to. DPS would be in charge of the creation and manufacture of the design of the medal. It would also be responsible for the actual expenses incurred by the board. DPS assumes that the cost of all this is unknown. However, as long as there is a sufficient balance in the fund, DPS will be able to reimburse expenditures. DPS assumes an Unknown cost to the new DPS Medal of Valor Fund.
Oversight assumes the new Board would require roughly $15,000 per year to cover the expenses incurred by the board as well as the expense of producing and presenting the new Missouri public safety medals of valor. The House Committee Substitute removed the wording "that may be appropriated to it from the General Assembly" from the listing of funding sources for the new
ASSUMPTION (continued)
fund. Therefore, Oversight assumes the fund will receive $0 or an Unknown amount of funding from "gifts, contributions, grants or bequests". Oversight will assume costs of $0 to $15,000 to be expended from the fund for the board as well as for the new medals, and that all moneys received into the fund will be spent in the same year.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2005
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| MISSOURI PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER MEDAL OF VALOR FUND | |||
| Income - from gifts, contributions, grants or bequests |
$0 or Unknown |
$0 or Unknown |
$0 or Unknown |
| Costs - Department of Public Safety
Board expenses as well as cost to produce and present new Missouri public safety medal of valor. |
$0 to ($15,000) |
$0 to ($15,000) |
$0 to ($15,000) |
| ESTIMATED NET EFFECT TO THE MISSOURI PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER MEDAL OF VALOR FUND |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2005
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| $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 authorizes the governor to award a Public Safety Medal of Valor to a public safety officer, upon the recommendation of the medal of valor review board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. The design of the medal may be determined by the Governor.
Further, the proposal:
- Outlines provisions for the posthumous awarding of the medal;
- Defines which public safety officers are eligible for the award;
- Details the selection and functioning of the board; and
- Sets up the Missouri Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Fund, to be administered by the Office of Administration.
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
Office of the Governor
Office of Administration
Deputy Commissioner's Office
Office of the State Treasurer
Office of the Attorney General
Mickey Wilson, CPA
Director
May 21, 2004