TITLE: CONCERNING THE USE OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PERSON HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME.

Fiscal Impact Summary	FY 1999/2000	FY 2000/2001
State Revenues General Fund Cash Fund		Identification Card Fees Increased Reinstatement Fees
State Expenditures General Fund	$22,500
FTE Position Change	0.0 FTE	0.0 FTE
Other State Impact: TABOR
Effective Date: 90 days after adjournment unless a petition is filed
Appropriation Summary for FY 1999-2000: Department of Revenue - $22,500 General Fund
Local Government Impact: Additional Highway Users Tax Fund distributions from driver's license reinstatement fees

The bill would require a person to indicate, and the Department of Revenue (DOR) to place an indicator on a Colorado issued driver's license or identification card, that a person has been convicted of a violent crime in the previous five years. A person would have their driver's license revoked if the the DOR found the person did not indicate the conviction of a violent crime at the time of application.

The bill would require the DOR to revoke a person's drivers license or identification card for a period of one year if the DOR determined that the person did not indicate at the time of application that the person had been convicted of a violent offense in the last five years. For every reinstatement of a revoked drivers license, a person pays the $15 license fee and a $40 reinstatement fee a minimum of one year after the revocation. Every person whose identification card was revoked would pay the identification fee for a new card when applying for the card at least one year after the revocation. Identification card fees are deposited into the General Fund. The amount of General Fund revenue generated is estimated to be less than $5,000 annually.

The Department of Revenue (DOR) would require $22,500 GF in FY 1999-2000 to contract with the private vendor to reprogram the additional question into the driver's license system. Each time a person is asked a question at the driver's license office, it takes approximately 30 seconds. The DOR issued 1.3 million driver's license and identification cards. This would increase the time that each person waits for a driver's license and create longer wait periods to obtain a driver's license.

Each time a person has their driver's license revoked and reinstated the DOR would have some additional administrative costs. The department would have to reinstate the license, administer written and driving tests, data enter false statements, and microfilm additional documents. The DOR has the ability to absorb a significant number of these without additional resources. It is assumed that the number of persons that would have their license revoked under this provision would be minimal.

Local governments would receive their share of any additional revenue generated to the Highway Users Tax Fund from reinstatement fees. Counties would receive 26 percent and cities would receive 9 percent. The amount of additional revenue to any one local governmental entity would be minimal.

This fiscal note implies that the Department of Revenue would require an appropriation of $22,500 and 0.0 FTE General Fund to implement this bill in FY 1999-00.

The Department of Revenue has indicated that in order to maintain the current wait times, the department would require 6.4 FTE and $173,367 in General Funds.