FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 20, 2024
Time Requested: 01:39 PM |
| Agency: |
Secretary of State |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 2803 |
Introduced |
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HJR21 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Constitutional Amendments |
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FUND(S):
1617
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund
Legislation creates:
Creates New Expense
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The increased cost to the state will be publication of the proposed constitutional amendment in a newspaper in every county. This cost will be borne by the Secretary of State in accordance with W. Va. Code 3-11-3.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2024
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2025
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
12,000 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Costs of publishing legal advertisements in a qualified newspaper in each county are highly variable depending on the size of the advertisement, which is dictated by the language of the final version of the resolution.
In 2022, the Secretary of State paid $17,724.97 for four (4) constitutional amendment legal advertisements. The size of those advertisements spanned a portion of a single legal advertisement page in a standard size bi-fold newspaper. The figure above assumes a high-end rough estimate of the cost of the size of a single proposed amendment as it is currently written.
Memorandum
n/a
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Donald Kersey
Email Address: dkersey@wvsos.gov