LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY
OFFICE OF FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS
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FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
LS 6504 NOTE PREPARED: Feb 23, 2022
BILL NUMBER: SB 134 BILL AMENDED: Feb 17, 2022
SUBJECT: Appropriation of Donated Money.
FIRST AUTHOR: Sen. Brown L BILL STATUS: As Passed House
FIRST SPONSOR: Rep. Leonard
FUNDS AFFECTED:XGENERAL IMPACT: State & Local
DEDICATED
FEDERAL
Summary of Legislation: This bill has the following provisions:
(1) Adds language specifying that a political subdivision that conducts or administers an election may not
accept private money donations to prepare, administer, or conduct elections or to employ individuals on a
temporary basis for preparing, administering, or conducting elections, including registering voters.
(2) Requires all state agencies to submit to the State Budget Agency (SBA) a report of each individual state
employee employed by the state agency whose salary is funded in whole or in part from donated money.
(3) Provides that if the donation of money is to the Secretary of State, the report shall specify whether the
money was or will be distributed to political subdivisions for preparing, administering, or conducting
elections, and, if so, the specific types of uses for which the donated money will be used by those political
subdivisions.
(4) Requires the SBA to annually submit to the State Budget Committee a report of the information that
specifies and identifies each individual state employee whose salary is funded in whole or in part from
donated money, which must be posted and made available on the Indiana Transparency Portal.
(5) Requires all local units of government to submit to the State Board of Accounts (SBOA) a report of each
individual local unit of government employee employed by the local unit of government whose salary is
funded in whole or in part from donated money.
(6) Specifies that the report shall not include any other information other than the identification of those
employees and the amount of the employee's salary that is funded by donated money.
(7) Requires the SBOA to annually submit to the State Budget Committee a report of the information that
specifies and identifies each individual local unit of government employee whose salary is funded in whole
or in part from donated money, which must be made available to the public.
(8) Defines "local unit of government" for purposes of the reporting requirement.
SB 134 1 (10) Specifies that the term does not include hospitals.
Effective Date: Upon passage.
Explanation of State Expenditures: This bill will increase the workload of the Budget Committee to review
line item details provided by state agencies concerning staff salaries financed from private donations.
Additionally, the bill would increase the workload of all state agencies to provide line item accounting for
private donations in documents submitted to the Budget Committee in the biennial budgeting process.
Increases in workload are expected to be accomplished within existing resource and funding levels.
Explanation of State Revenues:
Explanation of Local Expenditures: This bill will increase the workload of local units of government to
provide line item accounting for private donations and review line item details provided by other local
agencies in the budgeting process.
Explanation of Local Revenues: Private Donated Election Funds– Under this provision, a political
subdivision that conducts or administers an election would not be able to use private source funds to prepare,
administer, or conduct an election including using private funds to employ individuals on a temporary basis
for such purposes.
State Agencies Affected: All.
Local Agencies Affected: All.
Information Sources:
Fiscal Analyst: Bill Brumbach, 317-232-9559; Chris Baker, 317-232-9851.
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