24/7 sobriety program.

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FISCAL NOTE

The fiscal impact, in the form of revenues and expenditures of the proposed program, is indeterminable.

Pilot programs will be established in various counties within the state. The legislation calls for county sheriffs to transmit testing fees to the state treasurer, to be credited to the 24/7 sobriety program account. This account will be administered by Attorney General. However, this revenue increase cannot be quantified based on the information available.

There should be no need for equipment purchases, as the necessary testing equipment already exists at local sheriff and police department facilities, and the software needed is web based.  It is estimated that once approximately 6 pilot programs have been established, a state level director will be needed. The bill states the Attorney General may appoint a director to administer the program, subject to senate confirmation.

State costs are expected to be covered by funding from the MAP-21 grant program (Move Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century), which is funded through the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.  All costs of the program, including the costs of a state director, should be covered by the combination of grant funds and testing fees, but the timing and dollar amount of revenues and expenses is impossible to quantify at this time.

The Attorney General shall adopt rules to implement the proposed legislation. 

While administrative expenditures will be related to the rule making process, these expenses are expected to be minimal and can be absorbed by the agency.

The fiscal impact to the judicial system is indeterminable due to an unknown number of cases.

Prepared by:   Dean Temte, LSO       Phone: 777-7881

(Information provided by Laura Gorny, Attorney General's Office; 777-7840:

Kristi Racines, Supreme Court; 777-7678)