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 0089 - Requires affidavits in suits against certain professionals and prompt payment in construction
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO.: 0631-01
BILL NO.: Perfected SB 89
SUBJECT: Civil procedure, architects, engineers, surveyors.
TYPE: Original
DATE: April 8, 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 |
|
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
The Office of the State Courts Administrator assume the proposed legislation may cause a slight reduction in the number of civil suits filed; however, it does not anticipate a significant workload reduction to result.
The Department of Transportation, Department of Economic Development, Department of Insurance, and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations assume the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on their agencies.
| 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
The proposed legislation will require architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors or their attorney to file an affidavit from a like licensed professional in any civil suit for damages or injuries attesting that the defendant licensed professional did not use the same care as a reasonable prudent professional would use and that such failure caused the damage claimed.
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 State Courts Administrator
Department of Transportation
Department of Economic Development
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Department of Insurance
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
April 8, 1999