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sSB-437

AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO ELECTIONS LAWS.

AMENDMENT

LCO No.: 3763

File Copy No.: 458

Senate Calendar No.: 341

OFA Fiscal Note

State Impact:

Note: GF=General Fund

Municipal Impact: None

Explanation

The amendment removes, from the Office of Governmental Accountability (OGA) , the Office of State Ethics (OSE) , the Freedom of Information Commission (FOIC) , and the State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) , and re-establishes them as independent agencies.

This results in the below illustrated transfer of funding and positions from the Office of Governmental Accountability as appropriated in sHB 5014, the revised FY 13 budget bill, as favorably reported by the Appropriations Committee:

It should be noted that the positions transferred do not include staff needed to perform back office functions that are currently performed by the Executive Office of OGA. Therefore, it is anticipated that OSE, FOI and SEEC will need additional staff to perform payroll, IT and human resource functions.

The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst's professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.