FISCAL NOTE

Date Requested: March 11, 2021
Time Requested: 11:29 AM
Agency: Foresters, WV Board of Registration for
CBD Number: Version: Bill Number: Resolution Number:
2495 Introduced HB3072
CBD Subject: Boards and Commissions


FUND(S):

Foresters Operating Fund

Sources of Revenue:

Special Fund

Legislation creates:

Creates New Expense, Creates New Program



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. Currently, the Board of Registration for Foresters (WVBORF) receives no appropriations from the state budget. The WVBORF is a self-sustaining Chapter 30 professional board that has generated its own funds over the course of 60 years. Therefore, the move of this registration program will increase costs to the accepting agency. The accepting agency will have to define the credentials of what it means to be a professional forester and forestry technician and interact (calls, emails, and mail) with this professional group through time. These activities would require legal advising and personnel to carry on the required communications and registration decisions.



Fiscal Note Detail


Effect of Proposal Fiscal Year
2021
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
2022
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation)
1. Estmated Total Cost 0 0 18,000
Personal Services 0 0 8,450
Current Expenses 0 0 9,550
Repairs and Alterations 0 0 0
Assets 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
2. Estimated Total Revenues 0 0 11,000


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. From July 1 to June 30th in FY2021, we estimate expenses of $18,000 and revenues of $11,000. If we continue the registration program through FY2022, these numbers will not change. There will be no change until full implementation. When full implementation happens, we assume the state will be taking on approximately the same costs and revenues we had in 2020. We expect the cost for implementation of a new program to be about $8450 for personnel time and $9550 for other expenses (legal, insurance, supplies, etc). This estimate comes from the amount we spent on these items in FY2020.



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. Foresters will not register if they don't have to. We will not know the revenues of a new system until rules are prescribed and approved.



    Person submitting Fiscal Note: David W McGill
    Email Address: dmcgill@wvu.edu