COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION



FISCAL NOTE



L.R. NO.: 3807-01

BILL NO.: SB 828

SUBJECT: Boards, Commissions, Committees, Councils; Crimes and Punishment; Gambling.

TYPE: Original

DATE: February 1, 2000




FISCAL SUMMARY



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003
General Revenue (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

State Funds

(expected to be less than $100,000) (expected to be less than $100,000) (expected to be less than $100,000)



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

Federal Funds

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003
Local Government $0 $0 $0

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses

This fiscal note contains 3 pages.

FISCAL ANALYSIS



ASSUMPTION



Officials from the Missouri Gaming Commission (GAM) state this proposal makes it a crime to make false statements to gaming agents and should improve the quality of their investigations. They assume the proposal will have no fiscal impact on their agency.



Officials from the State Public Defender (SPD) state this proposal would make issuing a false statement to the Gaming Commission a class D felony. The SPD assumes that existing staff could provide representation for those five to ten cases arising where indigent persons were charged with lying to the Gaming Commission. They go on to state, however, passage of more than one similar bill would require the State Public Defender System to request increased appropriations to cover cumulative costs of representing the indigent accused in additional cases.



Officials from the Office of Prosecution Services and the State Courts assume this proposal will not fiscally impact their agencies.



Officials from the Department of Corrections assume this proposal will not encompass a large number of offenders that will require either incarceration or supervision and have assumed this proposal will cause minimal to no fiscal impact on their agency.



Oversight assumes that GAM will seek prosecution where applicable and the impact of this proposed legislation is unknown, but should be less than $100,000 per year due to supervision or incarceration costs to the Department of Corrections for the few expected offenders.







FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003

(10 Mo.)



GENERAL REVENUE FUND



Costs - Department of Corrections

Supervision or incarceration

of convicted offenders (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON (UNKNOWN) (UNKNOWN) (UNKNOWN)

GENERAL REVENUE FUND







FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003

(10 Mo.)



$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 it a Class D felony to make false statements of a material fact to the Missouri Gaming Commission.





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



Missouri Gaming Commission

State Courts

Department of Corrections

State Public Defender

Office of Prosecution Services













Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

February 1, 2000