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 0050 - Creates felonies of killing and assault of police animals
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO. 0556-01
BILL NO. SB 50
SUBJECT: Crimes and Punishments; Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; Fire Protection; Public Safety Dept.
TYPE: Original
DATE: January 14, 1999
FISCAL SUMMARY
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| None | |||
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| None | |||
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses
This fiscal note contains 3 pages.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials of the State Courts Administrator, Office of Prosecution Services, Office of the Attorney General, Missouri Sheriffs' Association and Department of Public Safety's Division of Fire Safety and Missouri State Highway Patrol assume that this proposal would have no fiscal impact to their agencies.
Officials of the State Public Defender (SPD) assume that existing staff could provide representation for those 10-25 cases arising where indigent persons were accused of "killing or assaulting police animals." However, passage of more than one similar bill would require the SPD system to request increased appropriations to cover the cumulative cost of representing the indigent accused in the additional cases.
Officials of the Department of Corrections (DOC) stated that they could not predict the number of new commitments which could result from the creation of the offense(s) outlined in this proposal. An increase in commitments would depend on the utilization by prosecutors and the actual sentences imposed by the court. If additional persons were sentenced to the custody of the DOC due to the provisions of this legislation, the DOC would incur a corresponding increase in operational costs either through incarceration (average $35.00 per inmate, per day) or through supervision provided by the Board of Probation and Parole (average of $3.50 per offender, per day). Supervision by the DOC through probation or incarceration would result in some additional costs but DOC officials assume that the impact would be minimal.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| (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 make it a class D felony to assault or kill a police animal while the animal was involved in law enforcement investigation, apprehension, tracking or search, or under the custody of a law enforcement or Department of Corrections officer, municipal police department, fire department or a rescue unit or agency.
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
State Courts Administrator
Office of Prosecution Services
Department of Public Safety
Office of the Attorney General
State Public Defender
Missouri Sheriffs' Association
Department of Corrections
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
January 14, 1999