SB 0763 - Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note - SB 0763 - Provides employers with immunity for providing certain employee information to prospective employers

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. NO. 3398-02

BILL NO. SCS for SB 763 & 520

SUBJECT: Employees - Employers; Labor and Management

TYPE: Original

DATE: February 24, 1998

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FISCAL SUMMARY

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
None	$0	$0	$0
Total Estimated Net Effect on All State Funds	$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 4 pages.

FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials from the Department of Public Safety, Veterans Commission, Auditor's Office, Lieutenant Governor's Office, Missouri House of Representatives, Department of Insurance, Department of Social Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Missouri Senate, Secretary of State, Tax Commission, State Public Defender, Department of Economic Development, and the Department of Health assume this proposal would not fiscally impact their agencies.

In response to a similar proposal from the 1998 regular session, the following agencies assumed no fiscal impact: Attorney General's Office, Coordinating Board of Higher Education, Office of State Courts Administrator, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Mental Health, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Corrections, Gaming Commission, Department of Revenue, Governor's Office, Lottery Commission, Department of Conservation, Office of Administration and the State Treasurer's Office.

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
	(10 Mo.)
	$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

The act authorizes the disclosure of information about current or past employees to new or prospective employers. The same information is available to any former employee upon request. The employer may disclose: dates of employment; pay; job description; wage history; and conditions of separation from the employer's service.

Any employer who discloses the information described above is immune from civil liability, unless the employer's response is shown to be false and made with knowledge that it was false or

with reckless disregard for whether such response was true or false at a time when the employer had serious doubt whether such response was true.

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 Administration

Department of Agriculture

Department of Conservation

Department of Corrections

Department of Economic Development

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Department of Health

Department of Higher Education

Department of Transportation

Department of Insurance

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

Department of Mental Health

Department of Natural Resources

Department of Public Safety

Department of Revenue

Department of Social Services

State Courts Administrator

State Lottery Commission

State Tax Commission

Veterans Commission

SOURCES OF INFORMATION (Continued)

Public Service Commission

State Public Defender

Chief Clerk - House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Auditor

Attorney General

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Secretary of State

Treasurer

Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

February 24, 1998