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. As Amended by House "A" (LCO 9852) House Calendar No.: 395 Senate Calendar No.: 555 Primary Analyst: DD 6/4/21 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 39,096 Up to 72,200 Note: GF=General Fund Municipal Impact: None Explanation The bill 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. 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 bill also establishes a Geographic Information Systems Advisory Council. This has no fiscal impact. 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-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2 House "A" strikes the underlying bill and results in the above identified fiscal impact. The Out Years The above identified fiscal impact will continue into the future subject to the any wage and fringe benefit changes that occur in the GIS office established by the bill. 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.