FISCAL NOTE
FUND(S):
General Revenue
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
This bill raises only salaries and benefits for WVABCA Enforcement Inspectors, Agents and Supervisors. The bill also creates at the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration a career development process, a training manual, evaluation and testing procedures, a WVABCA Enforcement “only” specific pay scale and a special annual “length of service award” salary enhancement (which is in addition to the state increment for all state employees).
The bill does not state what the career development process is, what should be in a training manual or what are the evaluation and testing procedures.
This bill will increase the WVABCA's budget for salaries and salary enhancements ($400 per year of service) paid to Enforcement Inspectors, Agents and Supervisors as noted in the flat pay scale included in the bill.
The bill does not note the corresponding increase in benefits paid to the Enforcement Inspectors, Agents and Supervisors receiving the pay raise.
The WVABCA is a special revenue agency, therefore general revenue transfers would likely be reduced to account for salaries and benefits proposed to be paid to Enforcement Inspectors, Agents and Supervisors.
The bill's annual length of service award is an annual salary enhancement based on $400 for each year of service upon completion of 2 years of service. This $400 amount would increase annually in perpetuity as each Inspector, Agent and Supervisor’s years of service increases until retirement. Again this would significantly impact general revenue transfers.
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 |
444,436 |
899,913 |
899,913 |
| Personal Services |
444,436 |
899,913 |
899,913 |
| 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 WVABCA is a special revenue agency, therefore general revenue transfers would likely be reduced to account for salaries and benefits proposed to be paid to Enforcement Inspectors, Agents and Supervisors.
* The above data only notes the potential salary and benefits data which has been provided by the WVABCA Personnel Department.
Additional revenue would be spent on Personal Services which would increase to account for increased salaries and benefits (insurance federal tax issues, health costs, retirement and etc.) for only WVABCA Enforcement Inspectors, Agents and Supervisors.
Memorandum
Personal services would need to be increased by varying amounts in future years beyond 2014 to account for the annual salary enhancement/length of service award for only for WVABCA Enforcement Inspectors, Agents and Supervisors.
WVABCA Budgeted position impact (the ½ FY 2013 impact would be roughly estimated at half of 2013 or $444,436.26), these numbers do not include any new hires or retirements
FY 2014 = $899,912.52
FY 2015 = $910,952.52
FY 2016 = $921,992.52
FY 2017 = $933,032.52
FY 2018 = $944,072.52
Total 5.5 year costs = $5,054,398.86
All these numbers assume no new hires and no changes to retirement and federal withholding requirements.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Anoop Bhasin on behalf of the WVABCA
Email Address: Anoop.K.Bhasin@wv.gov