2012 BR0420HB199

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

STATE FISCAL NOTE STATEMENT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY / LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION
2012 REGULAR SESSION

MEASURE

( x) 2012 BR No. / 0420 / ( x) / HB / Bill No. / 199
( ) Resolution No. / ( ) Amendment No.
SUBJECT/TITLE / AN ACT relating to disabled parking placards
SPONSOR / Representative Dwight Butler

NOTE SUMMARY

Fiscal Analysis: / X / Impact / No Impact / Indeterminable Impact
Level(s) of Impact: / X / State / Local / Federal
Budget Unit(s) Impact
Fund(s) Impact: / General / X / Road / Federal
X / Restricted Agency (Type) / (Other)

FISCAL SUMMARY

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Fiscal Estimates / 2012-2013 / 2013-2014 / Future Annual
Rate of Change
Revenues Increase
(Decrease)
Expenditures Increase
(Decrease)
/ $24,000 / $24,000 / $24,000
Net Effect Positive
(Negative) / ($24,000) / ($24,000) / ($24,000)

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MEASURE'S PURPOSE: HB 199 requires information on disabled parking placards to be written on a tamper-evident sticker that is color-coded based upon the year in which the placard expires. The bill also revises the allocation formula for fines and costs imposed for illegally parking in a handicapped parking spot.

PROVISION/MECHANICS: HB 199 amends KRS 189.456 to require that the disabled parking placards contain a tamper-evident sticker that is color-coded based upon the year in which the placard expires. HB 199 also amends KRS 189.990 to revise the allocation formula for fines collected for violations of KRS 189.459, so that 75% of those fines and costs are forwarded to the personal care assistance program and 25% are returned to law enforcement agencies in the county where the violation occurred.

FISCAL EXPLANATION: Currently, the Transportation Cabinet issues 255,000 disabled parking placards each year, and required stickers would cost an additional nine cents each above current costs, a total of $23,000. The cost to ship the stickers to the 120 county clerks would add approximately $1,000, for a total of $24,000 in increased expenditures.

In addition, HB 199 shifts the distribution ratio for fines collected under KRS 189.459. Currently, there is a 90-10 split between the personal care assistance program and local law enforcement agencies. The bill would change the split to a 75-25 ratio, resulting in 15% of the total fines and costs collected moving from the personal care assistance program to local law enforcement agencies. In FY 2011, the total fines and costs collected were $12,753. A 15% shift in funds to local law enforcement would result in $1,900 less money for the personal care assistance program and $1,900 more distributed to local law enforcement agencies.

DATA SOURCE(S) / Transportation Cabinet, Finance and Administration Cabinet
NOTE NO. / 9 / PREPARER / Chuck Truesdell / REVIEW / GMR / DATE / 1-13-12

LRC 2012-BR0420HB199