COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:0942H.01I Bill No.:HB 443 Subject:Highway Patrol; Fees Type:Original Date:January 23, 2023Bill Summary:This proposal establishes minimum fees for certain Missouri State Highway
Patrol records requests.
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Fully
Implemented
(FY 2031)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
General
Revenue $0$0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDSFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Fully
Implemented
(FY 2031)
Highway Patrol
Traffic Records
Fund (0758)*$0 to $250$0 to $25,250$0 to $30,250$0 to $120,250
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
Other State
Funds$0 to $250$0 to $25,250$0 to $30,250$0 to $120,250
*The MHP is allowed to increase certain fees by $1 every other year up to a maximum fee of ten
dollars. The proposal is permissive (may); therefore, Oversight reflects the impact as “$0 to”.
Numbers within parentheses: () indicate costs or losses. L.R. No. 0942H.01I
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDSFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Fully
Implemented
(FY 2031)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
All Federal
Funds $0$0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)FUND
AFFECTED
FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Fully
Implemented
(FY 2031)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
FTE 000$0
☐ 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
AFFECTED
FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026Fully
Implemented
(FY 2031)
Local
Government$0$0$0$0 L.R. No. 0942H.01I
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
§43.253 – Fees paid to the Missouri State Highway Patrol
Officials from the Department of Public Safety - Missouri Highway Patrol (MHP)
this legislation would add language to §43.253, RSMo, to allow the MHP to charge a minimum
fee of $6 to disseminate records requests. The proposal does not mandate a minimum $6 fee be
imposed; it simply allows for such. Allowing a minimum $6 fee for duplication of records
disseminated upon request would authorize the Patrol to raise the crash report fee from the
current price of $5.99 to $6.00. The Superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol would
be allowed to increase the minimum fee described in this section by not more than one dollar
every other year following this section’s effective date, up to a maximum of ten dollars. The
Patrol Records Division disseminates approximately 30,000 crash reports per year. Fees for this
service are collected and deposited into the Traffic Records Fund (0758).
Any funding increase realized by the Traffic Records Fund will be reinvested in an electronic
report dissemination software. This enhancement will allow individuals to request, purchase, and
receive records requests through an electronic portal.
Oversight notes the increased revenue could be realized if fees are increased to their maximum
allowable amount (every other year):
FY24 Based on 10/12 rule
Traffic Crash Reports
(30,000 x .08333 =) 25,000 traffic crash reports x $.01 fee increase (fee at $6) = $250
FY25 Based on 10/12 rule
Traffic Crash Reports
(30,000 x .08333 =) 25,000 traffic crash reports x $1 increase (fee at $7) = $25,000
FY26 Traffic Crash Reports
30,000 x $1 increase (fee at $7) = $5,000 [Full year ($30,000 - $25,000)]
FY27 Traffic Crash Reports
30,000 x $1 increase (fee at $8) = $30,000
FY29 Traffic Crash Reports
30,000 x $1 increase (fee at $9) = $30,000
FY31 Traffic Crash Reports
30,000 x $1 increase (fee at $10) = $30,000 L.R. No. 0942H.01I
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Oversight notes the increase in fees will result in the revenue from these fees compounding over
the years from FY24 through FY31 as shown below:
$250 (FY24) + $25,000 (FY25) + $5,000 (FY26) + 30,000 (FY27) + $30,000 (FY29)
+ $30,000 (FY31) = $120,250 (Traffic Fund)
Oversight also notes the revenue presented for FY31 was determined under the assumption that
the MHP will increase the minimum fee as outlined in this proposal (additional $1 every other
year).
However, because this proposal is permissive, Oversight will range the revenue from $0 (no
increase in fees) to the estimate of $120,250 (fee not to exceed $10) to the Highway Patrol
Traffic Records Fund for fiscal note purposes.
FISCAL IMPACT
– State
Government
FY 2024
(10 Mo.)
FY 2025FY 2026Fully
Implemented
(FY 2031)
HIGHWAY
PATROL
TRAFFIC
RECORDS
FUND (0758)
Revenue – MHP
(§43.253) Fees
from records
request$0 to $250$0 to $25,250$0 to $30,250$0 to $120,250
ESTIMATED
NET EFFECT
ON THE
HIGHWAY
PATROL
TRAFFIC
RECORDS
FUND$0 to $250$0 to $25,250$0 to $30,250$0 to $120,250
FISCAL IMPACT
– Local
Government
FY 2024
(10 Mo.)
FY 2025FY 2026Fully
Implemented
(FY 2031)
$0$0$0$0 L.R. No. 0942H.01I
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FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
FISCAL DESCRIPTION
This bill provides that a minimum fee of $6 may be charged by the State Highway Patrol for any
records request for a Missouri Uniform Crash Report or Marine Accident Investigation Report
where there is an allowable fee of less than $6. Such $6 fee will be in place of the allowable fee
of less than $6. The fee may be increased by no more than $1 every other year starting August
28, 2024 but must not exceed $10.
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 Public Safety - Missouri Highway Patrol
Julie MorffRoss StropeDirectorAssistant DirectorJanuary 23, 2023January 23, 2023