Missouri 2024 2024 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB1476 Introduced / Fiscal Note

Filed 01/17/2024

                    COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:4068H.01I Bill No.:HB 1476  Subject:Transportation; Crimes and Punishment; Licenses - Driver's; Motor Vehicles Type:Original  Date:January 17, 2024Bill Summary:This proposal modifies provisions relating to ignition interlock device 
requirements for certain intoxication-related traffic offenses. 
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND AFFECTEDFY 2025FY 2026FY 2027General Revenue($136,828)($73,207)($74,371)Total Estimated Net 
Effect on General 
Revenue($136,828)($73,207)($74,371)
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. 4068H.01I 
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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 2027General Revenue1 FTE1 FTE1 FTETotal Estimated Net 
Effect on FTE1 FTE1 FTE1 FTE
☐ 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. 4068H.01I 
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Department of Revenue (DOR) assume the following regarding this 
proposal:
Administrative Impact
Driver License Bureau
The Department currently requires the ignition interlock for any second or subsequent 
intoxicated-related enforcement contact (administrative and point accumulation actions) added to 
a driver’s record. This includes Administrative Alcohol suspensions and revocations; chemical 
refusals; point suspensions, and revocations; and any limited or restricted driving privileges 
granted to these offenders.
This legislation is requiring the Department to add the ignition interlock device (IID) 
requirement to any person with a blood alcohol content .15% or more for a first time offense.
This proposed legislation would require programming to the Missouri Driver License (MODL) 
system to evaluate both administrative actions and convictions being processed, and add the 
ignition interlock requirement to those actions even if there is not a prior alcohol-related 
enforcement contact to the drivers’ record if the blood alcohol content is .15% or more.
This language is changing requirements for all restricted driving privileges to have the ignition 
interlock installed before these privileges are issued. Currently, a sixty-day restricted privilege is 
issued without the ignition interlock requirement for first time offenders and are automatically 
generated systematically without the driver having to request one from the department. This 
would require multiple additions to existing MODL evaluation routines that exist today. This 
would also require the Department to revise all correspondence that is generated to the driver and 
notices issued roadside by law enforcement.
In FY 2023, the department issued 2,285 sixty-day Restricted Driving Privileges (RDP) for first 
time offenders.
DOR records indicate that 20,822 records currently require the installation of an ignition 
interlock device for reinstatement monitoring or to comply with a court order.
In FY 2023, DOR received 4,181 administrative alcohol cases that showed a blood alcohol 
content (BAC) of .15% or more as a first-time offense. L.R. No. 4068H.01I 
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Passage of this bill will add IID requirements and monitoring to approximately 6,466 additional 
records.
Ignition interlock manufacturers are required by State Code of Regulations, 7 CSR 60-2, to 
submit all device status’ (installs, de-installs, and failure to maintain) and certification of 
completion of the monitoring period. The Department expects an influx of telephone inquiries, 
correspondence both through mail and email; and additional communications required between 
their office and the ignition interlock manufacturers to ensure the integrity of the data and meet 
the current department auditing processes. The department already answers approximately 
32,000 calls a year regarding reinstatement requirements. The Department anticipates a 
significant increase in calls due to this proposed language.
The impact to the Department is estimating a 25% to 50% increase in call volume; therefore, 
DOR is requesting one FTE to answer these additional telephone inquiries. If the increase is 
more significant than anticipated, additional FTE may be requested through the appropriations 
process.
Telephone Inquiries
A telephone operator is expected to process 60 telephone inquiries daily.
32,000 Current call volume for reinstatement requirements
x 50% Percent which will generate telephone inquiries
16,000 Telephone inquiries received per year
/ 252 Work days per year
63 Telephone inquiries received per day
/ 60 Telephone inquiries processed per day
1.05  1 FTE needed to answer telephone inquiries
Total of 1 Customer Service Representative ($3,426 month)
To implement the proposed legislation, the Department will be required to:
• Complete business requirements and design documents to modify the Missouri Driver License 
System (MODL)
• Complete programming and user acceptance testing for the new evaluation for ignition 
interlock requirement for first time offenders based on .15% BAC or higher
• Revision of MODL generated notices
• Revision of CTG notices
• Conviction routine evaluation
• Update policies, procedures, reports, forms, and the Department website
• Training for employees L.R. No. 4068H.01I 
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FY 2025 – Driver License Bureau (testing of forms and website updates)
Research/Data Analyst 1300 hrs. @ $28.89 per hr. = $37,557
Research/Data Assistant 1300 hrs. @ $19.38 per hr. = $25,194
Administrative Manager 1000 hrs. @ $31.36 per hr. = $31,360
Total = $94,111
FY 2025 – Personnel Services Bureau (forms and website updates)
Associate Research/Data Analyst 336 hrs. @ $23.15 per hr. = $7,778
Total= $101,889
Oversight assumes DOR will use existing staff and will only hire the one additional FTE to 
conduct these activities; therefore, Oversight will only reflect the cost for the additional FTE as 
administrative costs DOR has indicated on the fiscal note.
DOR notes OA-ITSD services will be required at a cost of $3,720 in FY 2025 (35.42 hours x 
$105 per hour).
Oversight assumes DOR is provided with core funding to handle a certain amount of activity 
each year. Oversight assumes DOR could absorb the OA-ITSD costs related to this proposal. If 
multiple bills pass which require additional staffing and duties at substantial costs, DOR could 
request funding through the appropriation process. 
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. As such, the 
department has included the potential costs associated with making the changes to the integrated 
system by the department’s current vendor.
Fusion Impact
Implementation Consultant 300 hrs. @ $250 per hr. = $75,000
Oversight does not have information to the contrary and therefore, Oversight will reflect the 
implementation consultant costs as provided by DOR.
Officials from the Missouri Department of Transportation and Missouri Highway Patrol 
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.   L.R. No. 4068H.01I 
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FISCAL IMPACT – State GovernmentFY 2025
(10 Mo.)
FY 2026FY 2027GENERAL REVENUE FUNDCosts - DOR  Personnel Service($34,260)($41,934)($42,773)  Fringe Benefits($25,795)($31,273)($31,598)  Expense & Equipment($1,773)$0$0Total Costs - DOR($61,828)($73,207)($74,371)FTE Change1 FTE1 FTE1 FTECost – DOR – Fusion implementation 
consultant($75,000)$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
GENERAL REVENUE($136,828)($73,207)($74,371)
Estimated Net FTE Change to the 
General Revenue Fund1 FTE1 FTE1 FTE
FISCAL IMPACT – Local GovernmentFY 2025
(10 Mo.)
FY 2026FY 2027$0$0$0
FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
Small ignition interlock manufacturers and installers could be impacted as a result of this 
proposal.
FISCAL DESCRIPTION
Currently, a person who has had his or her driver's license suspended or revoked because of an
assessment of points for an intoxication-related traffic offense conviction and who has a prior
alcohol-related enforcement contact must show proof to the Director of Revenue that any motor
vehicle driven by the person has a certified ignition interlock device installed, and the ignition
interlock device must be installed for at least six months.  L.R. No. 4068H.01I 
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Under this bill, the requirement applies only to a person who has an intoxication-related traffic 
offense conviction in which the person's blood alcohol content was at least .08 but less than .15 
and who has a prior alcohol-related enforcement contact or to a person who has an assessment of 
points for an intoxication-related traffic offense conviction in which the person's blood alcohol 
content was found to be .15 or more.
The bill also prohibits restricted driving privileges to be issued to any person whose driving 
record shows an intoxication-related traffic offense in which the person's blood alcohol content 
was found to be .15 or more, until the person files proof with the Department of Revenue that 
any motor vehicle operated by the person is equipped with a functioning, certified ignition 
interlock device.
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
Julie MorffRoss StropeDirectorAssistant DirectorJanuary 17, 2024January 17, 2024