OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-431
AN ACT CONCERNING FEES FOR COPYING, REVIEWING AND
REDACTING RECORDS CREATED BY POLICE BODY -WORN
RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND DASHBOARD CAMERAS.
As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 6125)
House Calendar No.: 496
Senate Calendar No.: 258
Primary Analyst: RP 5/9/24
Contributing Analyst(s):
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
Various State Agencies Various -
Potential
Revenue Gain
See Below See Below
Note: Various=Various
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
Municipal Police Departments Potential
Revenue
Gain
See Below See Below
Explanation
The bill results in a potential revenue gain to various state agencies
and municipal police departments by allowing such agencies to charge
a redaction fee, under certain circumstances, for any body-worn or
dashboard camera recordings requiring redaction prior to disclosure
under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.
Senate "A" eliminates the cost in the underlying bill by removing
certain redaction requirements for body-worn or dashboard camera
recordings. The amendment also decreases but does not eliminate the
potential revenue gain to the state and municipalities in the underlying 2024SB-00431-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
bill by (1) removing certain redaction requirements and (2) limiting the
circumstances under which fees may be charged. Fina lly, the
amendment adds an FOI disclosure exemption, resulting in no fiscal
impact to the state or municipalities.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to the number of records requiring
redaction.
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.