COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO.: 4596-01
BILL NO.: SJR 55
SUBJECT: Constitutional Amendments: Department of Natural Resources
TYPE: Original
DATE: April 3, 2000
FISCAL SUMMARY
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| General Revenue | ($43,800) | $0 | $0 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
($43,800) | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| 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.
ASSUMPTION
Officials of the Department of Revenue, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) stated that the proposal would not affect their agencies, administratively.
DNR officials estimated that the proposal would remove approximately $81,000,000 from Total State Revenues.
Advertisement costs for the proposal would be $4,380 per newspaper column inch for three printings of the text of the proposal, the introduction, title, fiscal note summary, and affidavit. The proposal would be on the ballot for the November 2000 general election.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| Cost to General Revenue Fund
Secretary of State Newspaper Advertisements |
($43,800) |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| $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 would remove revenues produced from permits, licenses, fees or loan funds established solely for the administration of environmental protection or natural-resource related activities from the definition of "total state revenues" in section 17 of article X of the state constitutional and "new annual revenues" as defined in section 18(e) of article X of the state constitution. It would also remove spending of the revenues from the definition of expense of state government under terms of section 20 of article X of the state constitution.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not DESCRIPTION (continued)
require additional capital improvements or rental space. This proposal would affect Total State Revenue.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Conservation
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Revenue
Secretary of State
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
April 3, 2000