OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-424
AN ACT REDUCING THE BLOOD ALCOHOL LIMITS FOR
IMPAIRED DRIVING AND BOATING AND STUDYING METHODS
TO DETECT CANNABIS -IMPAIRED DRIVING.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 4891
File Copy No.: 224
Senate Calendar No.: 170
Primary Analyst: BP 4/30/24
Contributing Analyst(s): RP (MF)
OFA Fiscal Note
Minimal Fiscal Impact
The amendment, which allows peace officers to stop motor vehicles
for the sole purpose of a cannabis violation, results in a potential cost to
the Judicial Department for incarceration or probation and a potential
revenue gain to the General Fund from fines. On average, the marginal
cost for supervision in the community is less than $800
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each year for
adults and $1,000 each year for juveniles.
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.
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Probation marginal cost is based on services provided by private providers and only
includes costs that increase with each additional participant. This does not include a
cost for additional supervision by a probation officer unless a new offense is
anticipated to result in enough additional offenders to require additional probation
officers.