OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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HB-5223
AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO AGRICULTURE
RELATED STATUTES.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 6116
File Copy No.: 660
House Calendar No.: 86
Senate Calendar No.: 437
Primary Analyst: RW 5/8/24
Contributing Analyst(s): JS ()
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection
GF - See Below See Below See Below
Treasurer, Debt Serv. GF - Revenue
Gain/Cost
See Below See Below
Resources of the General Fund GF - Potential
Revenue Gain
Up to
$25,000
Up to
$25,000
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
Various Municipalities Potential
Revenue
Loss
See Below See Below
Explanation
The amendment strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal
impact and result in the following impact.
Section 1 results in a potential General Fund revenue gain of up to
$25,000 per year, beginning in FY 25, from requiring businesses to get
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licenses from the Department of Agriculture. The annual revenue gain
will be dependent on the number of licensed commercial kennels that
are also engaged in the business of grooming or training that will need
to obtain a separate license for these operations.
Sections 9-13 make various changes to bond-funded programs,
including the Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Program
(OSWA) administered by the Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection (DEEP).
[1]
Future General Fund debt service costs may be
incurred sooner under the amendment to the degree that it causes
authorized GO bond funds to be expended or to be expended more
rapidly than they otherwise would have been. The amendment does not
change GO bond authorizations relevant to the program.
These sections result in a potential revenue gain to various
municipalities beginning in FY 25 to the extent they qualify for the grant
under the expanded eligibility.
Section 14 authorizes DEEP to acquire up to 25.7 acres of property
for the Resilient Bridgeport flood control project and to ensure
relocations of utilities as needed. The section reduces the state share of
utilities relocations by up to 50 percent, which may result in a one-time
state savings of up to approximately $1.5 million when the project
occurs in the next several years. The property acquisitions are expected
to have a cost within the next few years; however, it is anticipated that
both the state share of the utilities relocations and the acquisitions will
be paid with federal funds.
As the section requires relocation of some utilities, including electric,
it results in a potential rate increase. This section shifts up to one-half of
the cost of utility relocation from the state to utility companies, which
will be recovered through the normal rate process. The extent of the
impact will depend on the number of utilities required to be relocated
[1]
No change is anticipated to the portion of OSWA that is funded through the
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and the total cost for that relocation.
The other provisions of the amendment make modifications to
current statutes that are not anticipated to result in a state or municipal
fiscal impact.
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.