OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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SB-215
AN ACT CONCERNING ENGINEERING AND MAINTAINER
POSITIONS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 5635
File Copy No.: 645
Senate Calendar No.: 280
Primary Analyst: PM 4/27/22
Contributing Analyst(s): ()
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 23 $ FY 24 $
Department of Transportation TF - Cost None Up to
248,194
State Comptroller - Fringe
Benefits
1
TF - Cost None 60,063
Note: TF=Transportation Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The amendment strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal
impact.
Section 1 requires the Department of Administrative Services (DAS),
beginning in FY 24, to increase the rate of pay for the state's engineering
intern job classification by the consumer price index for urban wage
earners and clerical workers (known as CPI-W) for the previous 12-
month period. Actual costs to the employing agency, the Department of
Transportation (DOT), will depend the number of interns hired, and the
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-00215-R00LCO05635-FNA.DOCX Page 2 of 2
rate of inflation, but is expected to be less than $100,000 in FY 24.
Sections 2 and 3 concern other recruitment and hiring practices for
DOT positions and are not anticipated to have a fiscal impact.
Section 4 requires DOT to establish, not later than FY 26 and annually
thereafter, a transportation carbon budget that sets the maximum
amount of greenhouse gas emissions permitted from the transportation
sector.
Implementing this provision is estimated to cost $210,000 in FY 24 for
DOT to hire two transportation planner positions to oversee the
program, as well as an additional one-time cost of $1 million in FY 25
for a consultant to develop a framework and methodology for
implementing the carbon budget. The staffing costs are anticipated to be
ongoing. Costs for establishing a transportation carbon budget are
expected to be eligible for up to an 80% federal cost share.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to inflation, with the exception of the $1
million consultant cost in FY 25 which is one-time.
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.