FISCAL NOTE
FUND(S):
Road Fund
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
2ND REVISION FOR REV. COMM. SUB. ENG. SB186
The purpose of this bill is to create within the Department of Transportation the Office of Hearing Examiners. The office would be supervised by a Chief Hearing Examiner appointed by the Governor.
The Hearing Examiners will hear appeals from those who have had their license suspended by the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for whatever reason. Hearings for these appeals are to be held at a DMV office close to the county where the arrest was made.
The DMV estimates that this bill will require the hiring of one (1) Chief Hearing Examiner, one (1) Executive Secretary, three (3) Hearing Examiners, two (2) paralegals, and (2) additional transcriptionists. All other positions needed to schedule and transcribe the hearings would be performed by current staff. Said current staff will be transferred from the DMV to the new office within the Department of Transportation.
In addition, the Attorney General’s Office would need to hire fifteen (15) additional attorneys to represent the DMV at the appeals hearings.
The estimated cost to add the new Office of Hearing Examiners to the Department of Transportation would be $2,136,142. This estimate takes into consideration the increased volume of hearings as a result of a plea of no contest no longer constituting a conviction for purposes of this section. This DMV estimates that this provision will increase the number of hearings from eighteen hundred (1,800) in Fiscal Year 2009 to thirty-five hundred (3,500).
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2010
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2011
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
2,136,142 |
2,136,142 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
431,106 |
431,106 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
1,661,582 |
1,661,582 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
43,454 |
43,454 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
REVISION #2 FOR REV. COMM. SUB. ENG. SB186
CURRENT COST:
Personnel Services:
Chief Administrator 1 @ $ 75,000 $ 75,000
New Hearing Examiners 3 @ $ 36,380 $ 109,140
Transfer Existing 12
Hearing Examiners $ 436,560 (436,560)
Transfer Existing
Support Staff $ 269,856 (269,856)
Executive Secretary 1 @ $ 35,000 $ 35,000
Transcriptionist 2 @ $ 20,500 $ 41,000
Paralegal 2 @ $ 32,000 $ 64,000
Sub Total $1,030,566 (706,416)
Additional P.S. Budget $ 324,140
Benefits $ 340,083 (233,117)
Additional Benefits $ 106,966
Current Expenses:
Office Space $ 52,813
Print Cartridges $ 1,625
Cell Phones $ 4.875; ($ 3,600)
Calling Cards $ 163
Vehicle Rent $ 81,900; ($60,480)
Maintenance $ 21,895; ($15,984)
Supplies $ 5,625
Printers $ 375
Print Cartridges $ 125
Software $ 6,250
15 AG’s Reps $1,566,000
Sub Total $1,741,646 ($80,064)
Additional Current Expenses $1,661,582
Equipment:
Laptops $ 32,040; ($25,632)
Printers $ 1,875; ($ 1,200)
Desktops $ 2,621
Workstations $ 33,750
Sub Total $ 70,286 ($26,832)
Additional Equipment $ 43,454
TOTAL ADDITIONAL COST $2,136,142
Memorandum
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Rick Johnston
Email Address: Rick.M.Johnston@wv.gov