OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa sHB-5498 AN ACT DESIGNATING VARIOUS DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS, A SHELTER PET AS THE STATE PET AND THE LOLLIPOP AS THE STATE CANDY. As Amended by House "A" (LCO 5828) House Calendar No.: 361 Primary Analyst: LG 4/29/22 Contributing Analyst(s): OFA Fiscal Note State Impact: Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 23 $ FY 24 $ Various State Agencies GF - Potential Cost See Below See Below Note: GF=General Fund Municipal Impact: Municipalities Effect FY 23 $ FY 24 $ Various Municipalities Potential Cost See Below See Below Explanation Sections 1 and 2 outline exercises for designated days, weeks, and months and may result in minimal costs to various state agencies and municipalities. The cost to affected agencies and municipalities will be dependent upon the location, nature, and size of the exercises. Section 3, which designates a shelter pet as the state pet, has no fiscal impact. Section 4, which designates the lollipop as the state candy, has no fiscal impact. House "A" strikes section 1 which included eight new designated days, weeks, or months and replaces it with nine new designated days, 2022HB-05498-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2 weeks, or months which may result in a minimal cost to various state agencies and municipalities. The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation. 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.