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 0500 - Authorizes highway patrol to conduct an inspection on a homemade trailer
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO.: 2165-01
BILL NO.: SB 500
SUBJECT: Motor Vehicles; Highway Patrol; Licenses - Motor Vehicles
TYPE: Original
DATE: March 9, 1999
FISCAL SUMMARY
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| Highway Fund | Under $100,000 | Under $100,000 | Under $100,000 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
Under $100,000 | Under $100,000 | Under $100,000 |
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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 | (Under $100,000) | (Under $100,000) | (Under $100,000) |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses
This fiscal note contains 4 pages.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials of the Department of Revenue's Motor Vehicle Bureau has issued number plates to 1,805 homemade trailers for FY98. However, this number includes all homemade trailers under and over 16 feet in length. The Motor Vehicle Bureau does not separate the homemade trailer statistics by lengths. DOR officials anticipate however, that the $10 fee collected for homemade trailers over 16 feet inspected by the Missouri State Highway Patrol would have minimal impact on state revenues.
Officials of the Department of Public Safety - Missouri State Highway Patrol (MHP) have not responded to the request for fiscal impact. However, Oversight assumes that any administrative fiscal impact to MHP would be $0 or minimal and could be absorbed within existing resources.
Currently, every person constructing a homemade trailer sixteen feet or more in length is required to obtain an inspection for the sheriff of his or her county of residence. This proposal would allow those persons to have their homemade trailers inspected by either their county sheriff or the Highway Patrol. Oversight assumes that this proposal could result in increased revenue to the Highway Fund if homemade trailer owners choose to take their trailers to MHP in lieu of the county sheriff in their county of residence as the current law mandates. If the inspections are performed by MHP the $10 inspection fee would be go the Highway Fund rather than the County Law Enforcement Fund or County General Revenue Fund. Of the inspection fees that would go to the Highway Fund, the state would receive 75% of the $10 fee, or $7.50 per inspection. Cities would receive 15% of the $10 inspection fee and County Aid Road Trust Fund (CART) would receive 10% of those fees. Therefore, if homemade trailer owners choose to go to MHP rather than their local sheriff for the inspection, local governments would see a reduction of 75% of their collected inspection fees. Oversight would not expect either the income to the Highway Fund nor the potential loss to local governments to exceed $100,000.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| HIGHWAY FUND | |||
| Income - Department of Revenue | |||
| Homemade trailer inspections | Under | Under | Under |
| $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| Income - Cities and CART | |||
| Portion of homemade trailer | |||
| inspection fees | Under | Under | Under |
| $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| Loss - County Law Enforcement Fund or | |||
| County General Revenue Fund | |||
| Reduced homemade trailer inspections | (Under | (Under | (Under |
| $100,000) | $100,000) | $100,000) | |
| NET FISCAL IMPACT TO | |||
| LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | (Under | (Under | (Under |
| $100,000) | $100,000) | $100,000) | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business | |||
| No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal. | |||
DESCRIPTION
This proposal would authorize the Missouri State Highway Patrol to inspect homemade trailers. If the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducts the inspection, rather than the county sheriff, the $10 inspection fee would be deposited in the State Highway Fund.
After a certificate of inspection is obtained and all applicable fees paid, the Department of Revenue would issue the homemade trailer owner an identifying number plate.
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
Department of Revenue
NOT RESPONDING - Department of Public Safety - Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri Sheriffs' Association
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
March 9, 1999