FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 14, 2023
Time Requested: 02:07 PM |
| Agency: |
Attorney General, WV |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1164 |
Introduced |
HB2336 |
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| CBD Subject: |
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FUND(S):
Attorney General - General Revenue
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Increases Existing Expenses
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The effect of this bill on the operations of the Attorney General's Office would be difficult to project, given the uncertainty of any possible future likelihood of local governments violating the bill's requirements. However, the only potential fiscal impact of this bill would be to increase operating costs.
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):
The numbers reported above (“0”) above do not mean that there is zero potential fiscal impact; rather they reflect the unknown nature of increased expenses, which would assuredly arise. The Attorney General's Office is implicated here in the event that a local government fails to comply with the bill's requirements and is then the target of a complaint filed with the Office. The uncertainty of the future likelihood of local governments violating the bill's requirements makes any projection of associated increased costs difficult, if not impossible. However, if any complaints of alleged violations were presented to the Attorney General, the bill's required investigative efforts would lead to increased operating costs, as would any subsequent litigation.
Memorandum
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Curtis R. A. Capehart
Email Address: curtis.r.a.capehart@wvago.gov