This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.
This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.
Fiscal Note - SB 0747 - Clarifies that tort risk fund is available only to covered public entities
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO. 3264-01
BILL NO. SB 747
SUBJECT: Sovereign or official immunity.
TYPE: Original
DATE: February 10, 1998
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS Net Effect on All State Funds
FUND AFFECTED
FY 1999
FY 2000
FY 2001 Insurance Dedicated
Fund
($0 - Unknown)
($0 - Unknown)
($0 - Unknown)
Total Estimated
($0 - Unknown)
($0 - Unknown)
($0 - Unknown)
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| None | |||
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses
This fiscal note contains 4 pages.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
The following agencies/offices/commissions would not be impacted fiscally by this bill: Administration, Agriculture, Conservation, Elementary and Secondary Education, Higher Education, Highways and Transportation, Natural Resources, Public Safety, Revenue, Governor, Lt. Governor, Social Services, Secretary of State, Courts Administrator, Tax, Health, Economic Development, Gaming, Chief Clerk of the House, Secretary of the Senate, Auditor, Treasurer, Labor and Industrial Relations, Veterans, Capitol Police, Harris-Stowe State College, Southwest Missouri State University, University of Missouri, Missouri Western State College, Truman State University.
Officials from the Department of Insurance assume the proposal would lead to no additional costs, unless a judgement would be in excess of the limits provided - in which case the additional costs would be undeterminable.
Officials from the Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health, Office of the Attorney General, Missouri Lottery Commission, Lincoln University, Missouri Southern State College, Northwest Missouri State University, Central Missouri State University, and Southeast Missouri Sate University did not respond to our fiscal note request.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| INSURANCE DEDICATED FUND | |||
| ($0 - | ($0 - | ($0 - | |
| Costs - Department of Insurance | Unknown) | Unknown) | Unknown) |
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON |
($0 - | ($0 - | ($0 - |
| INSURANCE DEDICATED FUND | Unknown) | Unknown) | Unknown) |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business | |||
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
DESCRIPTION
This proposal specifies that the Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund may be used to pay tort claims against an officer or employee of a participating entity only in accordance with the coverage obtained by the entity. The proposed legislation also clarifies that the Fund's board of trustees will defend a claim in accordance with the entity's coverage.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Office of the Secretary of State
Office of the Governor
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Higher Education
Department of Economic Development
Department of Health
Office of Administration
Missouri Gaming Commission
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Department of Natural Resources
Missouri Western State College
Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Safety
Department of Revenue
Department of Conservation
Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri Veterans Commission
Department of Public Safety, Missouri State Water Patrol
Missouri Tax Commission
Office of the State Auditor
Missouri Capitol Police
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Department of Public Safety
SOURCES OF INFORMATION (continued)
Office of the State Treasurer
Missouri Senate
Harris-Stowe State College
Department of Public Safety, Division of Liquor Control
Department of Agriculture
Department of Public Safety, Division of Highway Safety
Department of Social Services
Truman State University
Southwest Missouri State University
Office of State Courts Administrator
Department of Insurance
University of Missouri
Department of Transportation
NOT RESPONDING: the Department of Corrections, the Department of Mental Health, the Office of the Attorney General, the Missouri Lottery Commission, Lincoln University, Missouri Southern State College, Northwest Missouri State University, Central Missouri State University, and Southeast Missouri Sate University.
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
February 10, 1998