OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-120
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF CHLORPYRIFOS ON GOLF
COURSES AND NEONICOTINOIDS FOR NONAGRICULTURAL
USE.
As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 5101)
Senate Calendar No.: 82
Primary Analyst: MR 4/21/22
Contributing Analyst(s):
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 23 $ FY 24 $
Resources of the General Fund GF - Revenue
Gain
See Below See Below
Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection
GF - Cost 170,028 163,731
State Comptroller - Fringe
Benefits
1
GF - Cost 68,912 66,360
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill prohibits using or applying chlorpyrifos (1) on golf courses
or (2) for cosmetic or nonagricultural uses. Also, it allows the
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
commissioner to assess a civil penalty of up to $2,500 to violators of the
ban.
The bill expands the Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection's (DEEP) enforcement authority to both bans. This would
result in costs of $170,028 in FY 23 and $163,731 in FY 24, plus fringe
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 40.53% of payroll in FY 23. 2022SB-00120-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
benefits, associated with hiring two new Environmental Analyst 2
positions and one Office Assistant to enforce the new pesticide ban as
there is currently insufficient staff expertise within DEEP for this
purpose.
These costs may be offset by revenue collected by fines from
violations of the bill's provisions.
It should also be noted that a ban on the use of neonicotinoids,
currently used to treat certain invasive insects on trees may result in
significant costs in the out years associated with tree restoration on state
lands.
Senate "A" (1) replaces the underlying bill’s general ban on using
pesticides with neonicotinoids with the neonicotinoid working group;
(2) establishes a civil penalty for a chlorpyrifos ban violation,; and (3)
delays the chlorpyrifos ban by three months, resulting in the fiscal
impacts described above.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing costs identified above would continue into
the out years 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.