COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.: 4076-01
Bill No.: SB 987
Subject: Political Subdivisions: Geographic Information Systems
Type: Original
Date: February 1, 2002
FISCAL SUMMARY
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 |
| Local Government* | $0 to (Unknown) | $0 to (Unknown) | $0 to (Unknown) |
* Unknown Loss would be expected to exceed $100,000 annually.
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.
This fiscal note contains 4 pages.
ASSUMPTION
Officials of the Cities of St. Joseph, Hazelwood, Springfield, and Jefferson County assume no fiscal impact.
Officials of the Kansas City Manager's Office stated that this proposal removes from the cost factors the "value of the commercial purpose, if any, for which the information in a geographical information system or a geographical information system is to be used." That value is substantial, i.e., millions of dollars. Officials stated that this proposal provides that " a community shall not mandate the use of this system or allocate the costs of the system to nonusers." Officials assume that they would be prohibited from putting into an ordinance, the requirement that data be given it in a format readable by and useable to the City. Officials assume this proposal would prohibit the City from recapturing several million dollars. Officials stated that this bill changes the rules after the fact, which is to say that the costs the City was 6 years earlier led to believe it could recover over the life of it's GIS, cannot now be recovered.
Oversight assumes this proposal does not require political subdivisions to establish a GIS, therefore, for those political subdivisions who elect to not establish a GIS there would be no fiscal impact. Based on statements submitted by the Kansas City Manager's Office, Oversight assumes this proposal would have fiscal impact to political subdivisions that have established a GIS under current law. Therefore, fiscal impact will be shown as $0 to (Unknown) and would expect unknown costs to exceed $100,000 annually.
Oversight assumes no state fiscal impact.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2003
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2004 | FY 2005 |
| $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2003
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2004 | FY 2005 |
| LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | |||
| Income to Certain Political Subdivisions | |||
| from fees for Geographic Information | $0 to Unknown | $0 Unknown | $0 Unknown |
| Cost to Certain Political Subdivisions | |||
| Production costs of information | $0 to (Unknown) | $0 to (Unknown) | $0 to (Unknown) |
| Loss to Certain Political Subdivisions | |||
| from cost recovery changes * | $0 to (Unknown) | $0 to (Unknown) | $0 to (Unknown) |
| ESTIMATED NET EFFECT TO CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | $0 to (Unknown) | $0 to (Unknown) | $0 to (Unknown) |
* Income and Costs would be expected to offset each other. Unknown Loss would be expected to exceed $100,000 annually.
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
DESCRIPTION
This act authorizes any political subdivision of this State to create a geographic information system. As a technical matter, statutes authorizing Kansas City, Springfield and Greene County have either been deleted or amended since the authorization now extends to all political subdivisions of the State.
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
Kansas City Manager's Office
City of St. Joseph
City of Springfield
City of Hazelwood
Jefferson County Commission
NOT RESPONDING
The Cities of : University City, Florissant, Raytown, Independence, Cape Girardeau, Branson; and the Counties of: Cape Girardeau, Greene, Taney, Marion, and the Director of Administration of St. Louis County, and the Jackson County Executive
Mickey Wilson, CPA
Acting Director
February 1, 2002