FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 11, 2019
Time Requested: 03:04 PM |
| Agency: |
Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 2127 |
Introduced |
SB252 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Human Services |
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FUND(S):
Minority Affairs Fund
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund
Legislation creates:
Decreases Existing Revenue, Creates New Expense, Increases Existing Expenses, Creates New Program
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The proposed legislation in Senate Bill 252 adds to necessary state appropriations by eliminating the draw-down of Federal matching funds currently available to the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs. The bill further requires significant collection of data through various state agencies that can only be met by increasing the current two-person office staff within HHOMA.
To meet the requirement of reviewing requests for pardons and sentence commutations and to provide pardon, expungement, and offense reduction resources to the community by working with the Office of Attorney General, a staff attorney will need to be hired.
The bill also calls for The Department of Health and Human Resources and its Bureau for Public Health to increase staffing in the Office of Minority Health.
Resources, assistance, and reimbursement expenses will be required of the WV Economic Development Authority to establish the newly created Small Business and Minority Populations Economic and Workforce Taskforce required in the bill.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2019
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2020
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
1,455,620 |
2,155,614 |
| Personal Services |
172,800 |
176,602 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
503,200 |
514,270 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
8,926 |
9,122 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
The community-based Pilot Project has a cost of $250,000 in each of the 4 regions of the state plus coordinating travel for a total of $1,008,000. The expansion of currently running annual events total $121,500. Additional office operation costs total $24,120. Adequate staff to carry out the bill's requirements total $302,000.
Memorandum
The HHOMA Minority Business Expo is one if its most successful events at a cost of $15,000. To meet the requirements of the bill, we calculated 1 expo in each of the 4 regions of the state for a total of $60,000 for all four events to implement a statewide effort. The remaining annual events: Black History Month, Cinco de Mayo, Civil Rights Advocacy Awards, Camp Washington-Carver events, Juneteenth, Katherine Johnson Day, and Consumer Literacy Presentations all combine to make up the $121,500 event total.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: HHOMA Executive Director Jill Upson
Email Address: Jill.S.Upson@wv.gov