COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.: 3426-02
Bill No.: SB 1010
Subject: Attorney General, State; Public Officers; State Departments; Employees - Employers; State Employees
Type: Original
Date: February 27, 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 |
| Highway Fund | (Unknown) | (Unknown) | (Unknown) |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
(Unknown) | (Unknown) | (Unknown) |
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 with the Secretary of State's Office assume no fiscal impact to their agency.
Officials with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations assume this proposal expands the state's Whistleblower Law to include "whistleblowing" to the attorney general and any state official or body charged with investigating alleged misconduct. The proposal also authorizes civil actions in addition to previously administrative appeals. There is no fiscal impact to this agency.
Officials with the Office of Administration - Personnel assume this proposal may increase costs to the Personnel Advisory Board because it expands the people/entities to whom a state employee may make a report. The additional number of appeals that may result for this expansion of jurisdiction is unknown. The Personnel Advisory Board does not receive many whistleblower appeals, but those it does hear (3 or 4 a year) are generally lengthly.
Officials with the Attorney General's Office assume that any potential costs arising from this proposal can be absorbed with existing resources.
ASSUMPTION (continued)
Officials with the Department of Transportation assume this proposal will have a fiscal impact on their agency. Since the potential number of court cases cannot be predicted nor their locations, the fiscal impact is unknown.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2005
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| GENERAL REVENUE | |||
| Cost - Office of Administration - Personnel |
(Unknown) |
(Unknown) |
(Unknown |
| ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE |
(Unknown) |
(Unknown) |
(Unknown) |
| HIGHWAY FUND | |||
| Cost - Department of Transportation | (Unknown) | (Unknown) | (Unknown) |
| ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON HIGHWAY FUND |
(Unknown) |
(Unknown) |
(Unknown) |
| 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 act adds the attorney general and any state official or body charged with investigating such alleged misconduct to those individuals a state employee may discuss the operations of an agency without discipline being brought against them. Further, the act establishes a civil cause of action
DESCRIPTION (continued)
for violations of Section 105.055, RSMo. The new cause of action would allow for actual damages, litigation expenses and reasonable attorney fees to be imposed.
The act adds harassment to those actions which are prohibited from occurring to an employee who reports a violation of Sections 610.010 to 610.030, RSMo.
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 Labor and Industrial Relations
Attorney General's Office
Office of Administration - Personnel
Secretary of State's Office
Mickey Wilson, CPA
Director
February 27, 2004