COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO.: 1335-01
BILL NO.: SB 315
SUBJECT: Feral Hogs
TYPE: Original
DATE: February 2, 2001
FISCAL SUMMARY
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| None | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| None | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 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 3 pages.
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Department of Conservation, Office of Prosecution Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of State Courts Administrator assume the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on their agencies.
In response to a similar proposal from the 2000 session (HB 1806), officials from the Office of Attorney General assume the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on their agency.
Officials from the Department of Corrections assume the proposed legislation would have $0/minimal impact on their agency and can be absorbed with existing resources.
Officials from the University of Missouri assume the proposed legislation would have little or no fiscal impact on the university.
Officials from the Office of State Public Defender (SPD) assume that existing staff could provide representation for those one to five cases arising where indigent persons were charged with releasing pigs into the wild. However, the passage of more than one similar bill would require the SPD System to request increased appropriations to cover cumulative costs of representing the indigent accused in the additional cases.
Officials from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) assume at this point in time, feral hogs do not present a threat to Missouri's state parks. Therefore, this bill will not cause a fiscal impact to the DNR.
If, in the future, feral hogs cause a problem, additional funds may be necessary to eradicate the problem.
In addition, Section 271.400.3. allows any person to take or kill feral hogs on public land with the consent of the landowner. State park rules do not allow hunting in the parks, unless special controlled hunts are necessary to preserve deer population. Therefore, anyone other than state park personnel will not be allowed to take or kill feral hogs on state park property.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2002
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| $0 | $0 | $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 proposal makes it a class A misdemeanor to knowingly release swine to live in a wild state on public or unfenced private land. Free-roaming hogs not conspicuously identified by ear
tags may be killed without liability on public lands or on private lands with the permission of the landowner, although during the firearms deer and turkey hunting season the regulations of the Missouri Wildlife Code shall apply.
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 Agriculture
Department of Conservation
Department of Corrections
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Transportation
Office of Attorney General
Office of Prosecution Services
Office of State Courts Administrator
Office of State Public Defender
University of Missouri
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
February 2, 2001