FISCAL NOTE
FUND(S):
1601
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.
The change in legislation would require justices, judges and magistrates to run in non-partisan election. There would only be an effect on filing fees revenue if the number of candidates running in non-partisan elections increase or decrease from the current system of partisan elections. If there is a 10% increase in candidates running the increase revenue would be $2,635, a 20% increase in candidates would cause a revenue increase of $5,270, a 30% increase in candidates would cause a revenue increase of $7,905 and so on. If the change to non-partisan election causes a decrease in the number of candidates running for the office then the fund would have a revenue loss in the same amounts as the increases.
There will little or no increase in cost due to the change from partisan to non-partisan election.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2013
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2014
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
The estimate is based only on the candidates that would be requires to pay filing fees to the Secretary of State Office. The number of candidate was computed using the actual number of candidates from previous elections
Memorandum
The "Fiscal Note Detail" section was complete with the assumption that the number of candidates will not change.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: John Sandoro SOS
Email Address: jsandoro@wvsos.com