OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa sHB-6647 AN ACT CONCERNING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. AMENDMENT LCO No.: 9852 File Copy No.: 551 House Calendar No.: 395 Primary Analyst: DD 6/3/21 Contributing Analyst(s): () OFA Fiscal Note State Impact: Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $ Policy & Mgmt., Off. GF - Cost Up to $87,400 Up to $174,800 State Comptroller - Fringe Benefits 1 GF - Cost Up to $36,096 Up to $72,200 Note: GF=General Fund Municipal Impact: None Explanation The amendment strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal impact. The amendment requires the Office of Policy and Management to create a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Office, headed by GIS Officer. It is anticipated that OPM would need to hire up to two people to staff this office, including the GIS officer. This results an annualized cost of $247,000 ($174,800 for salaries and $72,200 for fringe benefits). It is anticipated that the annualized cost would first occur in FY 23. 1 The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts administered by the Comptroller. The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost associated with most personnel changes is 41.3% of payroll in FY 22 and FY 23. 2021HB-06647-R00LCO09852-FNA.DOCX Page 2 of 2 Assuming a 1/1/22 start date, FY 22 costs would range up to $123,490 (up to $87,400 for salaries and up to $36,096 for fringe benefits). The amendment also establishes a Geographic Information Systems Advisory Council. This has no fiscal impact. The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.