OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-426
AN ACT CONCERNING COURT OPERATIONS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 5822)
House Calendar No.: 493
Senate Calendar No.: 303
Primary Analyst: BP 5/7/24
Contributing Analyst(s): LG, JP, RP, RW
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
Judicial Dept. CICF - Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Note: CICF=Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
All Municipalities Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Explanation
The bill makes changes to victim compensation application
requirements and changes to the statutes regarding dog bites, which
results in a potential cost to the Criminal Injuries and Compensation
Fund (CICF) and to municipalities as described below. The bill also
makes various technical and clarifying changes that are not anticipated
to have a fiscal impact.
Section 25 extends the timeframe from two to three years in which a
victim may file an application for compensation and eliminates the
requirement that the incident must be reported to police within five
days, which results in a potential cost to CICF to the extent that more
applications are filed and approved by the Office of Victim Services 2024SB-00426-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
(OVS).
Section 29 makes various changes to statutes regarding dog bites that
result in a potential cost to municipalities beginning in FY 25 associated
with holding a prehearing meeting. The section requires animal control
officers to hold a prehearing meeting that includes all parties involved
in an animal biting or attack.
Senate "A" (1) makes various changes to animal control statutes, (2)
makes the keeper and/or owner of a dog liable for damage in certain
cases, (3) requires state agencies to share certain records with the
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (4) forbids the
disclosure of names and addresses in certain cases in court, and (5)
makes various technical and conforming changes. Senate "A" results in
the impact described above.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to the number of victim compensation
applications and prehearing meetings.
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.