COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.: 529-02
Bill No.: Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed SCS for SB 4
Subject: Kansas City: Law Enforcement
Type: Original
Date: May 22, 2001
FISCAL SUMMARY
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| Highway Fund | ($59,825) | ($57,019) | $0 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
($59,825) | ($57,019) | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.
This fiscal note contains 4 pages.
ASSUMPTION
Officials of the Department of Revenue (DOR) stated that the Driver and Vehicle Services Bureau currently maintains confidential records on 240 probation, parole, and pretrial officers. This represents approximately 17% of the 1500 probation, parole, and pretrial officers statewide. These records are maintained in a separate database and require special processing in order to ensure integrity and security in the confidentiality of the record information. The Department of Public Safety has acknowledged that there are approximately 17,000 law enforcement officers statewide. The Driver and Vehicle Services Bureau assumes the same percent of law enforcement officers will request to have their records kept confidential. 17,000 x 17% = 2,890 individuals who will request that their records be marked as confidential. Factoring multiple motor vehicle registration records, the Drivers and Vehicle Services Bureau assumes that this increased number of individuals who will request that their records be marked confindential will affect 14,450 records. This represents an increase in workload of 1,100% . The Driver and Vehicle Services Bureau would require 2 Clerk Typist II positions to update confidential records, prepare correspondence and manually process all renewal and record modifications for these records. Officials estimate costs of 2 FTE, fringe benefits, equipment and expense for 10 months of FY 2002 at $62,658; FY 2003 $60,521; and $62,057 in FY 2004.
Oversight assumes these employees can be located in existing space, and has adjusted the cost to DOR accordingly. DOR requested the additional employees to maintain a separate secured database pending security improvements to be added to the vehicle registration computer system, and expects to be able to provide the needed security for these registrations without the separate database when improvements to the vehicle licensing system are completed. Accordingly, Oversight has estimated fiscal impact for FY 2002 and FY 2003 only. Oversight also assumes that immediate family is limited to the spouse and childern of the peace officer for the purposes of this proposal.
Officials of the Kansas City Manager's Office stated that this proposal would have no fiscal impact. Officials stated that the changes in this proposal takes into account the inflation protection index ( IPI ) of 3.5% for Sergeants, Detectives, and Police Officers, and 4% for all others and is based on KCMO ordinance 0001368. Currently, the low end salaries for police positions are substantially higher than the proposed revision in this proposal.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2002
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| HIGHWAY FUND | |||
| Cost to Department of Revenue | |||
| Personal Service | ($34,120) | ($41,968) | $0 |
| Fringe Benefits | ($11,372) | ($13,988) | $0 |
| Equipment | ($13,473) | $0 | $0 |
| Expense | ($860) | ($1,063) | $0 |
| Total cost to Department of Revenue | ($59,825) | ($57,019) | $0 |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2002
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| $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 provides for changes in the salary ranges for various levels of police officers in Kansas City.
This act also provides that peace officers be included within the confidentiality requirements of the Department of Revenue. Under this act, the Department of Revenue would not release information contained in its motor vehicle or driver registration records regarding a peace officer. An exception is made to allow the release of information if the officer holds a class A, B or C
commercial drivers license pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, 49 U.S.C. 31309. A peace officer can notify the Department of Revenue to request that the peace officer's information be held in private.
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
Kansas City Manager's Office
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
May 22, 2001