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SPONSOR: |
Duran |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Marriage License Fee Revenue to |
SB |
853 |
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ANALYST: |
Chabot |
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REVENUE
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Estimated Revenue |
Subsequent Years Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
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($113.6) |
($113.6) |
Recurring |
Children’s
Trust Fund |
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$113.6 |
$113.6 |
Recurring |
Local
Governments’ General Fund |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
LFC Files
Responses
Received From
Children,
Youth and Families Department (CYFD)
Department
of Finance and Administration (DFA)
Department
of Health (DOH)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 853 amends
Section 40-1-11 on marriage licenses and eliminates the $15.00 share of each
license that goes to the Children’s Trust Fund administered by CYFD. The counties would retain the entire $25.00
fee. In addition, minor editorial
changes are made.
Significant
Issues
This bill would eliminate approximately 60
percent of the funding source for the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF). The purpose of the CTF according to Section
24-19-2 is to provide the means to develop innovative projects that address the
following: preventing abuse and neglect
of children; providing medical, psychological and other appropriate treatment
for children who are victims of abuse or neglect; and developing
community-based services aimed at the prevention and treatment of child abuse
and neglect. The Governor appoints a
nine-member board of trustees to administer the CTF.
Currently there are 25 organizations receiving
grants from CTF totaling $493,116, some of which were funded by revenue from
prior years. If the revenue source is
reduced, projects administered by CTF will need to be cut back.
Retention of all the revenue from marriage
licenses will help resolve budget shortfalls in county offices.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
Approximately $113.6
is earned by the CTF from the $15.00 portion of marriage license fees annually. If enacted, this bill would allow the county
clerks to retain this amount prorated by county based upon the number of
licenses processed.
DOH requests all references to the “department of health” be deleted as they no longer perform duties involving the issuance of marriage licenses. However, the agency did not provide any recommendations for rewording the statute.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
GAC/prr