COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:4194H.02C Bill No.:HCS for HB 1413 Subject:Licenses - Driver's; Department of Revenue; Elections; Immigration Type:Original Date:February 28, 2024Bill Summary:This proposal modifies Missouri driver's licenses and nondriver's licenses to
include a symbol that indicates that the holder of the license is a United
States citizen.
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND AFFECTEDFY 2025FY 2026FY 2027General Revenue($1,457,020)($2,389,650)($2,389,650)Total Estimated Net
Effect on General
Revenue($1,457,020)($2,389,650)($2,389,650)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2025FY 2026FY 2027Total Estimated Net
Effect on Other State
Funds $0$0$0
Numbers within parentheses: () indicate costs or losses. L.R. No. 4194H.02C
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2025FY 2026FY 2027Total Estimated Net
Effect on All Federal
Funds $0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)FUND AFFECTEDFY 2025FY 2026FY 2027Total 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 2025FY 2026FY 2027Local Government$0$0$0 L.R. No. 4194H.02C
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Department of Revenue (DOR) assume the following regarding this
proposal:
Administrative Impact
To implement these provisions, the Department will be required to:
• Request a change order quote from our current card printing contractor IDEMIA, to
modify the printed card format for all document types ensuring compliance with
AAMVA card design standards, support acceptance testing, provide sample documents,
update training materials, and provide update public information graphics for card
format.
• Complete project documents, change orders and validate design documents to modify the
Fusion system to:
• Develop and test a new interface with the National Association for Public Health
Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) for birth certificate verification.
• Modify and test changes to the Fusion system and supporting applications to expand data
collection for all citizenship status verification documents and store such data elements to
support placement proposed marking.
• Modify license verification statement to include data collected for applicant review and
approval with other application data.
• Modify card factory folio request processes to include new fields for identifying
documents required to have new marking.
• Modify include changes to the verification statement reviewed and signed by the
applicant and to include changes to reference the new distinguishing mark specifying
citizenship.
• Update policies and procedures, and the Uniform License Issuance Manual (ULIM); and,
• Train internal and external staff as applicable.
• Work with new modernized system contractor to update the FUSION system to develop
the NAPHSIS interface and amend processing to expand data collection and card factory
processing to include changes as noted for legacy system.
• DLB estimates that these changes with a proposed effective date of 07/01/2025, will only
be completed in the new MVDL integrated system (aka FUSION) system based on
current expected transition driver system modernization implementation timeline of
November 2024.
• Develop new system requirements for allowing applicant’s aged 65 and older, who may
have otherwise been exempt from presentation of lawful status documentation under
§302.171.9, to provide documentation verifying U.S. citizenship status for a minimum of
five years. L.R. No. 4194H.02C
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FY 2025 Driver License Bureau
Research Data/Assistant 1,400 hrs x $ 19.38= $27,132
Research Data/Analyst 1,716 hrs x $28.89 = $49,575
Administrative Manager 1,100 hrs x $31.36 = $34,496
FY 2025 Strategy & Communication Office
Associate Research Data/Analyst 120 hrs x $23.15= $ 2,778
Total = $113,981
The Department may incur additional costs to manually review documents showing “satisfactory
proof” of five years of United States citizenship status. The Department assumes current staffing
will be utilized for such reviews. If the level of work exceeds current staffing availability, the
Department may be required to seek appropriation for additional staff.
Oversight assumes DOR will use existing staff and will not hire additional FTE to conduct these
activities; therefore, Oversight will not reflect the administrative costs DOR has indicated on the
fiscal note.
DOR notes OA-ITSD services will be required at a cost of $37,195 in FY 2025 (354.24 hours x
$105 per hour).
Oversight does not have any information to the contrary in regards to DOR’s assumptions;
therefore, Oversight will reflect DOR’s OA-ITSD costs on the fiscal note.
Motor Vehicle Driver License Integrated System -FUSION
DOR notes the costs associated with these legislative changes may be outside of the current
contract and identified programming work for DOR’s incoming integrated system referred to as
FUSION. As such, the department has included the potential costs associated with making the
changes to the integrated system by the department’s current vendor.”
600 hours (300 hours of development and 300 hours of testing)
Estimated Implementation Vendor Consultant Cost 600 hrs. @ $250 per hour = $150,000
Oversight does not have information to the contrary and therefore, Oversight will reflect the
Fusion implementation consultant costs as provided by DOR.
License Vendor Cost
DOR notes the current card format is utilizing maximum spacing. L.R. No. 4194H.02C
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For purposes of this fiscal note the Department anticipates that a complete card design change
will be required to accommodate a new indicator, not to exceed three characters. The estimated
vendor fee may be equal to or exceed $75,000, based on previous design change estimates.
Birth Certificate Verification (NAPHSIS)
There is not a known interface or program available to state agencies for the Department of State
to verify all citizenship status documents. The Department currently utilizes the United States
Passport Verification and the Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlements systems to confirm
passports, citizenship certificates and naturalization certificates. Due to cost considerations, the
Department has not yet implemented a United States birth certificate verification system. The
currently available system for birth certificate verification is through the National Association for
Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS). The estimated costs included
below do not include an allowable jurisdiction specific certification match fee which is based on
the specific state cost for verification of a birth or death certificate. The Department has prepared
this fiscal note with the supposition that Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will
waive this additional fee for Missouri document verifications completed by the Missouri DOR.
The estimated costs do not include costs for resubmission of verification requests due to data
entry errors. The potential number of additional $0.55 transactions fees is unknown.
The annual issuance estimate would include initial verification of new applicants and current
document holders mandated to resubmit lawful status documents such as birth certificates and
passports if there is not an indicator on file noting the mandatory verification system inquiry was
completed for REAL ID and non-REAL ID applicants to set the proposed marking indicator.
Annual license issuance estimate: 1,500,000
Reduction due to Passport (17%): -255,000
Estimated number of applicants presenting a birth certificate (80%): 1,245,000
NAPHSIS per transaction ($0.55)/Jurisdiction Match Fee ($1.35) x $1.90
$2,365,500
Total Annual Subscription Fees ($100 per month) = $1,200
Total Estimated Annual Cost for Birth Certificate Verification – $2,366,700 ($2,365,500 +
$1,200)
DOR anticipates they will begin to incur such charges monthly after initiating the program with
NAPHSIS and require additional appropriations from General Revenue in FY 2026 and
subsequent fiscal years. L.R. No. 4194H.02C
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Passport Verification Fees
The Driver License Bureau (DLB) estimates ongoing or increased compliance cost for passport
verifications based on the approximate 255,000 persons submitting passport for initial and
reverification of lawful status today. Some of the previously verified applicants may not have
had an electronic verification inquiry completed and would not have been required to do so on
subsequent transactions. DLB estimates that during the seven years post-implementation,
passport verifications numbers would continue at the current rate or increase due to proposed
verification mandates that would require current document holders to resubmit lawful status
verification documents and marking the card according to the proposed legislation.
255,000 x $0.09 per inquiry = $22,950 estimated minimum passport verification fees
Oversight does not have information to the contrary and therefore, Oversight will reflect the
estimates as provided by DOR.
Officials from the Missouri Department of Transportation, Missouri Highway Patrol and
Department of Health and Senior Services each 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 for these agencies.
Officials from the Platte County Board of Elections, St. Louis City Board of Elections and
St. Louis County Board of Elections
their respective organizations. Oversight does not have any information to the contrary.
Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note for these agencies.
In response to a previous version, officials from the Jackson County Board of Elections
assumed the proposal would have no fiscal impact on their organization. Oversight does not
have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal
note.
Rule Promulgation
Officials from the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules assume this proposal is not
anticipated to cause a fiscal impact beyond its current appropriation.
Officials from the Office of the Secretary of State (SOS) note many bills considered by the
General Assembly include provisions allowing or requiring agencies to submit rules and
regulations to implement the act. The SOS is provided with core funding to handle a certain
amount of normal activity resulting from each year's legislative session. The fiscal impact for
this fiscal note to the SOS for Administrative Rules is less than $5,000.
The SOS recognizes that this is a small amount and does not expect that additional funding
would be required to meet these costs. L.R. No. 4194H.02C
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However, the SOS also recognizes that many such bills may be passed by the General Assembly
in a given year and that collectively the costs may be in excess of what the office can sustain
with its core budget. Therefore, the SOS reserves the right to request funding for the cost of
supporting administrative rules requirements should the need arise based on a review of the
finally approved bills signed by the governor.
FISCAL IMPACT – State GovernmentFY 2025
(6 Mo.)
FY 2026FY 2027GENERAL REVENUE FUNDCost – DOR – annual passport
verification fees p. 6($11,475)($22,950)($22,950)
Cost – DOR – annual birth certificate
verification costs p. 5($1,183,350)($2,366,700)($2,366,700)
Cost – DOR – vendor license emblem
p. 5($75,000)$0$0
Cost – DOR – Fusion implementation
consultant p. 4($150,000)$0$0
Cost – DOR – OA-ITSD services p. 4($37,195)$0$0ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON
THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND($1,457,020)($2,389,650)($2,389,650)
FISCAL IMPACT – Local GovernmentFY 2025
(10 Mo.)
FY 2026FY 2027$0$0$0
FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
FISCAL DESCRIPTION L.R. No. 4194H.02C
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This proposal modifies Missouri driver's licenses and non-driver's licenses to include a symbol
that indicates that the holder of the license is a United States citizen.
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 Revenue
Missouri Department of Transportation
Missouri Highway Patrol
Office of the Secretary of State
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Jackson County Election Board
Platte County Board of Elections
St. Louis City Board of Elections
St. Louis County Board of Elections
Julie MorffRoss StropeDirectorAssistant DirectorFebruary 28, 2024February 28, 2024