OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-473
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE CONTRACTING STANDARDS
BOARD.
Primary Analyst: LG 4/13/22
Contributing Analyst(s): DD, CP, CW
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 23 $ FY 24 $
Governmental Accountability,
Off.
GF -
Appropriation
467,055 467,055
State Comptroller - Fringe
Benefits
1
GF - Cost 189,297 189,297
Various State Agencies Various -
Potential Cost
See Below See Below
Note: GF=General Fund; Various=Various
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
This bill appropriates $467,055 in FY 23 to hire five new positions
within the State Contracting Standards Board (SCSB). sHB 5037, the
revised FY 23 budget bill, as favorably reported by the Appropriations
Committee, appropriates $454,355 for said purpose. The difference
($12,700) does not result in a material impact on the budgetary spending
cap calculation (i.e., it would still be under the spending cap by $4.6
million).
This bill will result in an annualized cost of $467,055 to the Office of
Governmental Accountability for salaries and $189,297 to the Office of
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-00473-R000474-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
the State Comptroller for associated fringe benefits.
Under this bill, the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) will be
required to include estimated expenditure requirements from SCSB in
proposed budget documents and the governor will be prohibited from
reducing SCSB's allotment requisitions or allotments in force. This is not
anticipated to result in a fiscal impact.
This bill also subjects quasi-public agencies: 1) to full oversight by
SCSB with limited exceptions, and 2) privatization law. Provided SCSB
fills its Chief Procurement Officer position with the appropriated funds
in this bill, this will not result in any additional fiscal impact to the state.
Privatization laws are also expanded under this bill to include an
analysis of a proposed contract's potential impact on workers of color or
workers who are women. Various state agencies may incur a cost to the
extent they require additional staff to conduct this analysis.
This bill makes other various changes to SCSB authority which is not
anticipated to result in a fiscal impact.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to inflation.