FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 19, 2022
Time Requested: 03:39 PM |
| Agency: |
State Budget Office, WV |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1335 |
Introduced |
HB4275 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Boards and Commissions |
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FUND(S):
Special
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund
Legislation creates:
Creates New Expense, Creates New Program, Creates New Fund: West Virginia County Emergency Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The stated purposed of this bill is to create a state fund for use of counties and other local government entities to pay for expenses resulting from a disaster or emergency event that is not of sufficient scale to warrant a state or federal declaration of emergency.
The bill creates a new appropriated fund and creates the West Virginia County Emergency Board to administer it. The purpose of the fund is to sustain the public safety, economy, health, and welfare of residents in an area affected by emergencies resulting from man-made or natural causes, where the emergency event does not rise to the level of qualifying for a Presidential Declaration of Disaster or a state Declaration of Emergency.
The stated function of the Board is to receive and review applications from county governments for disbursements from the fund for "recovery, restoration, and damage mitigation following an emergency event." There is no stated basis or criteria to award funds to a county or private entity/business.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2022
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2023
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
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):
Estimates are difficult as the bill states "the money for this fund may be appropriated by the Legislature by direct appropriation or by legislative reappropriation from the Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund, established pursuant to ยง11B-2-20 of this code, as surplus moneys become available in any year."
Without knowing what the Legislature intends to initially appropriate to the fund and from what funding source, FY 2023 cannot be estimated.
Another provision included in the bill, "All money remaining in the fund at the close of a fiscal year, up to a balance of $20 million, shall be carried forward for use in the next fiscal year, unless explicitly reappropriated by the Legislature."
Without knowing if the Legislature intends to make a yearly appropriation to the newly created fund, 'Upon Full Implementation' cannot be estimated.
There would be other administrative costs, including the potential hire of employees, that are not possible to estimate as the bill is currently written. The bill, as written, would require many assumptions in order to make any reasonable attempt at an estimate.
Memorandum
The bill, as written, is missing criteria and requirements that would need to be further developed.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Michael Cook
Email Address: michael.t.cook@wv.gov