COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:0091H.01I Bill No.:HB 262 Subject:Health, Public; Political Subdivisions; Jackson County Type:Original Date:January 10, 2023Bill Summary:This proposal creates provisions relating to the return of fines or other
monetary penalties for the violation of COVID-19 health orders.
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND AFFECTEDFY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Total Estimated Net
Effect on General
Revenue $0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Total Estimated Net
Effect on Other State
Funds $0$0$0
Numbers within parentheses: () indicate costs or losses. L.R. No. 0091H.01I
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Total Estimated Net
Effect on All Federal
Funds $0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)FUND AFFECTEDFY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Total Estimated Net
Effect on FTE 000
☐ Estimated Net Effect (expenditures or reduced revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any
of the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
☐ Estimated Net Effect (savings or increased revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any of
the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Local Government(Unknown)$0$0 L.R. No. 0091H.01I
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
§192.257 – Return of fines/monetary penalties for violation of COVID-19 health orders
Officials from the Department of Health and Senior Services and the City of Kansas City
assume the proposal will have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations. Oversight does
not have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the
fiscal note.
Oversight notes the provisions of this proposal appear to apply only to Jackson County. No
response to Oversight’s request for a statement of fiscal impact was received from Jackson
County. Therefore, Oversight assumes the fiscal impact of returning any fines or monetary
penalties related to COVID-19 health orders collected by Jackson County or city health
departments within Jackson County will have a negative unknown fiscal impact in FY 2024.
Oversight is not able to determine the amount of COVID-19 fine revenue collected in Jackson
County since March 12, 2020.
Oversight notes the provisions of this proposal have an emergency clause.
FISCAL IMPACT – State GovernmentFY 2024FY 2025FY 2026$0$0$0FISCAL IMPACT – Local GovernmentFY 2024FY 2025FY 2026LOCAL GOVERNMENTS -
COUNTIES
Loss – Jackson County (§192.257) –
refund of COVID-19 related fines and
penalties(Unknown)$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS(Unknown)$0$0 L.R. No. 0091H.01I
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FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
This proposal may have a positive fiscal impact on any small business that incurred a
fine/penalty because of local COVID-19 health orders. (§192.257)
FISCAL DESCRIPTION
This bill provides that any local public health agency that imposes a fine or other monetary
penalty against any individual or business for failure to comply with a COVID-19 health order,
defined as any order, ordinance, rule, or regulation intended to prevent or limit the spread of
COVID-19, shall return all moneys collected from the individual or business within 60 days.
The provisions of this proposal only apply to Jackson County. Any fine or other monetary
penalty collected after March 12, 2020, and before the effective date of the bill for failure to
comply with a COVID-19 health order shall be returned before November 1, 2023. The
provisions of this bill shall not apply to any fine or monetary penalty that is not directly related to
a failure to comply with a COVID-19 health order.
This bill has an emergency clause.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not
require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Health and Senior Services
City of Kansas City
Julie MorffRoss StropeDirectorAssistant DirectorJanuary 10, 2023January 10, 2023