FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 08, 2023
Time Requested: 12:01 PM |
| Agency: |
School Building Authority, WV |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1590 |
Introduced |
HB3348 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Education (K12) |
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FUND(S):
Special Revenue
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.
Summarize in a clear and concise manner what impact this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The true determination of cost impact would not necessarily be determinable until the cost research could be completed. The information would involve an increase in the amount of time spent by each individual involved in the research gathering phase of the project, or it may be something that would need to be handled by hiring an outside consultant to determine the need, potential costs, and priority list.
There is no current balance of cash within the wvOASIS system for this fund. Money was not reappropriated, and funds were spent on projects over a decade ago. There are some funds in the WVBTI related to this fund (roughly $92,000), but in order to have funds available by July 1, 2023 as mentioned within the legislation, we would need to have some form of appropriation or supplemental funding provided for this project.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2023
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2024
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):
Please explain increases and decreases in personal services, current expenses, repairs and alterations, assets, other costs and revenues, including assumptions and data sources and delineation between start-up and ongoing costs. Please also include a long-range schedule of costs and revenues if fiscal impact is expected to vary in future years.
As mentioned above, there may not specifically be an increase in personal services, but potentially the time spent on this research that would normally be spent on normal duties. The exact detail of what is being requested through this research may need to be further defined. Depending upon the amount of information needed, this may require the hiring of an outside consultant to assist with this process. The nature of expense related to this would not be determinable until the amount of information is known.
As far as the process goes, once the research is completed, we would need to report the information back, determine the priority list of projects, and then be provided with the appropriate funding levels to begin executing these projects at the County level. While the true amount is unknown related to entry and egress needs at each school level, once the projects are completed, the shift may move to smaller projects. Again, this is too far in advance to truly tell, but the shift may move to updating of windows, doors, etc. Conversely, it is also possible that technology may become available and necessary that would cause these projects to maintain at current levels of funding or even increase.
Memorandum
Please identify any areas of vagueness, technical defects, reasons a bill would not have a fiscal impact, and/or any special issues not captured elsewhere on this form.
We have some clarification points below, but there is also a concern as to whether there could be negative implications/legality concerns with having the SBA and/or DOE design or implement projects on behalf of the County itself. At a minimum, there would be conflict of interest concerns with the SBA itself spearheading this project when the SBA would also be responsible for selecting which projects to award funds to during a funding cycle. This would most likely need to be handled through the hiring of a consultant, but there are cost concerns related to this, as well as the fact that the county Boards of Education have already invested funds in hiring a consultant to help them develop their CEFPs. ยง18-9F already outlines the procedures for what is needed, and we do already have a large number of security entrance projects that have already been submitted through the County CEFPs to this point that we could begin working on. The School Access Safety Fund does not have a current source of funding, but we could create a different cycle of funding related to school access projects if the fund could have new appropriations. There would not need to be a modification to the current code section to handle this.
The legislation, in its current form, is slightly vague as to the nature of security concerns related to entry and egress that are being requested. For example, does this specifically relate to secure entryways (i.e. mantraps) and forms of egress (i.e. exit only doors), or does this include other forms of security related to entry/egress such as swipe cards, intercom systems, bollards, etc?
A point of clarification is also needed. In this legislation, it appears that the information to be gathered is to be through the SBA, rather than the County Boards providing the information. Is this correct?
Since this is a Special Revenue fund, would there be a continuous appropriation to General Revenue of the SBA to be moved to this fund, or would there be another form of revenue (Tax, lottery, School Aid, etc.)?
As far as the process for SBA, would this need to be a new funding cycle (added to Needs, Multi-County Statewide, and MIP funding), or would these projects be presented during one of the current funding cycles?
Person submitting Fiscal Note: JORDAN KIRK
Email Address: JORDAN.L.KIRK@WV.GOV