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CONDITIONAL FISCAL IMPACT
No State General Fund Impact
Drafting Number: Prime Sponsor(s): |
LLS 99-0627 Rep. McKay
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Date: Bill Status: Fiscal Analyst: |
January 28, 1999 House Local Government Steve Tammeus (866-2756) |
TITLE: CONCERNING BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, REQUIRING THE BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH INFORMATION AND POST SUCH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.
Fiscal Impact Summary |
FY 1999/2000 |
FY 2000/2001 |
State Revenues General Fund |
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State Expenditures General Fund |
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FTE Position Change |
0.0 FTE |
0.0 FTE |
Other State Impact: None |
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Effective Date: 90 days after adjournment unless a referendum petition is filed. |
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Appropriation Summary for FY 1999-2000: None |
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Local Government Impact: Requires counties to post certain fiscal reports on the Internet and repeals the requirement to post these reports in a local newspaper which will reduce legal advertising costs. |
Summary of Legislation
This bill revises statutes governing the duties of a board of county commissioners to make certain reports available to the public. The bill specifies certain conditions for a board to post certain fiscal reports on the Internet. The bill specifies how the board is to notify the public of these reports and the minimum time period for which the reports must be posted
Local Government Impact
This bill requires any board of county commissioners that posts any information on the Internet to post reports of county expenditures, county employee salaries, and financial statements on the Internet. The bill repeals the requirement for a board of county commissioners to post these reports in a local newspaper which will reduce annual legal advertising costs. The amount of any resulting reduction in legal advertising costs has not been estimated for all counties. Table 1 provides a sample of legal advertising costs that were incurred by some counties during 1997.
Table 1 - County |
Annual Advertising Cost |
Report Type |
Arapahoe |
$15,100 |
warrant and salary |
Boulder |
$8,700 |
warrant and salary |
El Paso |
$4,650 |
warrant and salary |
Moffat |
$600 |
salary |
Montrose |
$500 |
salary |
Otero |
$350 |
salary |
Pueblo |
$7,300 |
warrant and salary |
Rio Grande |
$400 |
salary |
Teller |
$130 |
salary |
Weld |
$3,778 |
warrant and salary |
State Appropriations
This fiscal note would imply that no new state appropriations are required for FY 1999-2000.
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