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 0785 - Establishes an unlawful discriminatory practice under human rights law
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO. 3382-01
BILL NO. SB 785
SUBJECT: Boards, Commissions, Councils: Labor and Industrial Relations
TYPE: Original
DATE: February 2, 1998
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS Net Effect on All State Funds
FUND AFFECTED
FY 1999
FY 2000
FY 2001 None
$0
$0
$0
Total Estimated
$0
$0
$0
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| None | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 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 3 pages.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOL) assume that this proposal would allow Missouri to retain its federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by keeping Missouri in compliance with the federal Fair Housing Law, Title VIII. This proposed legislation is federally mandated. In order to contract with HUD, the Missouri Human Rights Act must be substantially equivalent to the federal Fair Housing Law, Title VIII. In order to meet the requirements of the federal Fair Housing Law, DOL has hired five Human Relations Officers at $30,982 per employee annually to review cases, etc.
It is DOL's assumption that failure to make Missouri's Human Rights Act equivalent to the federal Fair Housing Law will result in Missouri losing its contract with HUD and thus losing federal monies currently available.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| FEDERAL FUNDS | |||
| Income - Department of Labor and | |||
| Industrial Relations (DOL) | |||
| Federal Reimbursements from HUD | $175,811 | $210,400 | $210,400 |
| Cost - Department of Labor and | |||
| Industrial Relations (DOL) | |||
| Personal Service | ($129,090) | ($154,908) | ($154,908) |
| Fringe Benefits | ($36,184) | ($43,421) | ($43,421) |
| Expense and Equipment | ($10,537) | ($12,071) | ($12,071) |
| Total Cost - DOL | ($175,811) | ($210,400) | ($210,400) |
| NET IMPACT ON FEDERAL FUNDS | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 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 would add an "unlawful discriminatory practice" to coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with housing, employment and public accommodations rights, as such term relates to Human Rights Law (Chapter 213, RSMo). This act also establishes a complaint process with the option of civil litigation.
This legislation is federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program, and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
February 2, 1998