SUBJECT: Capital Improvements; Veterans; Gambling
TYPE: Original
DATE: February 16, 2001
Net Effect on All State Funds . Net Effect on All Federal Funds
FUND AFFECTED
FY 2002
FY 2003
FY 2004 Veterans' Capital
Improvement Trust
Fund
$0
$0 to ($750,000)
$0 to ($750,000)
Total Estimated
$0
$0 to ($750,000)
$0 to ($750,000)
FUND AFFECTED
FY 2002
FY 2003
FY 2004 None
Total Estimated
$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 3 pages.
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri National Guard assume the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on their agencies.
In response to similar legislation from this year, the Missouri Gaming Commission assumed the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on their agency
Officials from the Department of Social Services (DOS) stated that the proposed legislation expands the projects that can be funded from the Veterans' Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund to include veterans service officer programs, but does not change the share of money going to the Early Childhood Development, Education, and Care Fund. Therefore, DOS assumes there will be no fiscal impact to their agency.
Officials from the Veterans' Commission (VET) assume that each year, qualified agencies will reach their desired goal for matching funds. Therefore, the VET will match their fund dollar-for-dollar and have a impact of ($750,000) to the Veterans' Commission Capital Improvements Trust Fund in each fiscal year, starting with FY 2002.
Oversight assumes the effective date of this proposal will be August 28, 2001, therefore the first grants will be issued in July, 2002, which is fiscal year 2003. Oversight also assumes a portion of the veterans' commission capital improvements trust fund's annual $3 million allotment of gaming revenues shall be earmarked for grants to federally-chartered veterans' organizations. Oversight has ranged the fiscal impact of this proposal from $0 to ($750,000) depending on the number of grants issued. Oversight also assumes the Veterans' Commission can process the applications for grants with existing resources.
FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004
(10 Mo.)
VETERANS' COMMISSION CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS TRUST FUND
Costs - Grants to veterans' organizations $0 $0 to $0 to
($750,000) ($750,000)
FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004
(10 Mo.)
$0 $0 $0
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
No direct fiscal impact on small businesses would be expected due to this proposal.
DESCRIPTION
This proposal allocates $750,000 annually in matching fund grants from the Veterans' Commission Capital Improvements Trust Fund for veterans service officer programs. Federally-chartered veterans' organizations are eligible for grants if they are certified by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs to process claims within the administration system and if they have maintained a veterans' service officer presence in Missouri for three years. The Veterans' Commission shall establish grant requirements and approve all grants.
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 Public Safety
Veterans' Commission
Missouri National Guard
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Social Services
Missouri Gaming Commission
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
February 16, 2001