COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION



FISCAL NOTE



L.R. NO.: 4482-01

BILL NO.: SB 1014

SUBJECT: Revenue Dept.; Taxation and Revenue-General-Sales and Use

TYPE: Original

DATE: March 3, 2000




FISCAL SUMMARY



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003
General Revenue (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)
School District Trust (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)
Conservation (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)
Parks and Soil (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

State Funds

($100,000) to ($200,000) ($100,000) to ($200,000) ($100,000) to ($200,000)



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 (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses

This fiscal note contains 3 pages.

FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION



Officials of the Department of Revenue (DOR) state this legislation would exempt from sales and use tax the sale of coke, coke breeze and reagents, which are ingredients of steel or lead products. DOR staff state this proposal would not fiscally impact their agency.



DOR staff state the revenue impact of this proposal would be a loss of total state revenue in a range of $100,000 to $200,000 annually.



Officials of the Office of Administration state they have not been able to find any empirical basis to estimate the fiscal impact of this proposal.



This proposal would result in a decrease in Total State Revenues.



FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003

(10 Mo.)

Loss to State Funds:



General Revenue Fund (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)

School District Trust Fund (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)

Conservation Sales Tax Fund (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)

Parks and Soil Sales Tax Fund (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)



FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003

(10 Mo.)



Loss to Political Subdivisions (unknown) (unknown) (unknown)



FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business



Small businesses would be expected to be fiscally impacted to the extent that they pay state and local sales tax on taxable items. Small businesses that purchase coke, coke breeze and other reagents covered in this proposal would be able to do so for less.



DESCRIPTION



This proposal exempts coke, coke breeze, and reagents from sales and use taxation when the materials are consumed in the manufacturing process and become component parts or ingredients



DESCRIPTION (continued)



of steel or lead products.





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 Revenue

Office of Administration

Budget and Planning









Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

March 3, 2000