OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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HB-6641
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOTE AND ONLINE PROVISION
OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
Primary Analyst: AN 4/20/21
Contributing Analyst(s): DD
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Various Municipalities Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Various Municipalities Savings See Below See Below
Explanation
The bill requires that town clerks provide a website to accept online
payments for certain fees, allows municipalities to post certain notices
online instead of in local newspapers, and permits municipalities and
state agencies to provide electronic access to public meetings.
There is a cost to municipalities to providing websites for online
payment of fees to the extent that they do not already have the
capability to do so. There is also a savings from permitting
municipalities to post certain notices on their website instead of in
local newspapers.
As the bill allows, rather than requires, state agencies and
municipalities to provide electronic access to public meetings, the bill
is not anticipated to result in increased expenses for information
technology or software licensing above each entity's current capacity.
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The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to costs otherwise borne from posting
notices in local newspapers, and municipal capacity to provide online
payments.