FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 14, 2026
Time Requested: 08:14 PM |
| Agency: |
Highways, Division of |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 2183 |
Introduced |
SB238 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Municipalities; Roads and Transportation |
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FUND(S):
State Road Fund
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund
Legislation creates:
Creates New Expense, Increases Existing Expenses
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2026
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2027
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
8,000,000 |
12,000,000 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
287,500 |
287,500 |
| 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):
As this bill applies to all road projects, it is difficult to predict the fiscal estimates. The above estimate of $12M annually is an average of off-system projects managed by the DOH in the last 2 fiscal years. The estimate also accounts for the increased personnel needed to administer reimbursement to municipalities.
Memorandum
As this bill is not limited to roads in the state road system, it could implicate off-system bridges for which the DOH's ability to expend funds is limited by statute. To provide specific examples, the DOH is currently committed to 3 off-system bridge rehabilitation projects totaling $3.5M. Furthermore, the agency notes that offsets to state funding through this municipal mechanism would decrease the federal match available for such projects. There would be an anticipated decrease in DOH engineering expenses as that burden would shift to the municipality's engineers. That decrease in DOH expenses would be proportional to each project's scope and difficulty, and would be expected to be absorbed by the municipalities at a 1:1 ratio (assuming no economies of scale at the state level, and assuming that municipal efforts are completed to WVDOH
specifications).
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Jonathan Schaffer
Email Address: jonathan.w.schaffer@wv.gov