COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
LR No.: 3108-01
Bill No.: SB 950
Subject: St. Louis County: Taxation and Revenue
Type: Original
Date: January 27, 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 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
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 * | Unknown to (Unknown) | $0 | $0 |
* Oversight assumes fiscal impact to be minimal.
ASSUMPTION
Officials of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education assume there would be no fiscal impact to the Department or to local school districts. Officials assume those counties who would no longer need to have computer upgrades could realize some savings.
Officials of the Office of State Auditor assume no fiscal impact to their office.
Officials of the State Tax Commission assume no fiscal impact to the Commission. Officials assume that under current law, all counties should be in the process of updating their computer systems to implement the class-by-class roll-back provisions of the property tax law. Officials assume that if this proposal would become law, the counties that would now be excluded from the roll-back provisions, may incur some administrative cost to change the computer systems. The costs if any, could vary in each county.
St. Louis County- Director of Revenue made comment but did not issue a fiscal impact statement. Oversight assumes that St. Louis County would have no fiscal impact.
ASSUMPTION (continued)
The Jackson County Executive assumes this proposal would have no fiscal impact on Jackson County.
Oversight for the purposes of this fiscal note assumes that counties under current law are required to begin the roll-back-provisions in 2005. Therefore, some if not all counties might be making computer up-grades to their systems. Oversight does not know the number of counties who would be making up-grades nor the number of counties that might not be making up-grades. This proposal would only require St. Louis County to initiate the roll-back provision. If all other counties were exempt from this provision, then they would not have to up-grade their computer systems, resulting in some savings to counties. Oversight will assume any savings or costs to be minimal, and will show fiscal impact as a positive Unknown to a negative (Unknown). Oversight assumes costs or savings to counties would occur only in FY 2005.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2005
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2005
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| COUNTIES GENERAL REVENUE FUND | |||
| Fiscal Impact to Certain Counties | |||
| from computer up-grades | Unknown to (Unknown) | $0 | $0 |
| ESTIMATED NET EFFECT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS * | Unknown to (Unknown) | $0 | $0 |
* Oversight assumes fiscal impact to be minimal.
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
DESCRIPTION
This act limits the class-by-class roll-back provisions in the property tax law to apply only to Saint Louis County. Current law provides that in 2005 and after property tax rates statewide will be rolled back separately for each subclass of real property (residential, agricultural, and commercial) and personal property. This act limits those provisions to only apply to political subdivisions in Saint Louis County.
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
Office of State Auditor
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
State Tax Commission
St. Louis County- Director of Revenue
Jackson County Executive
Mickey Wilson, CPA
Director
January 27, 2004