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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Youngberg
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/22/07
1/29/07 HB 12/aHCPAC
SHORT TITLE
Requiring County Clerks to Provide Minimum
Number of Ballots to Precincts
SB
ANALYST Ortiz
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)
FY07
FY08
FY09 3 Year
Total Cost
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
Total
$2.6
$2.6
$5.2 Recurring General
Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Verbal Responses Received From
Secretary of State (SOS)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HCPAC Amendment
The Consumer and Public Affairs Committee amendment adds the word “active" to indicate that
the county clerks distribute
to each precinct a number of “active" ballots equal to the number of voters
in each precinct less the estimated number of absentee voters in the precinct.
Synopsis of Original Bill
House Bill 12 requires county clerks to provide each precinct ballots equal to the number of
voters in the precinct less the estimated number of absentee voters in the precinct by at least 10
days before any election. The county clerk will make available to the public a list of the number
of ballots that the clerk will provide to each precinct.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
According to the Secretary of State’s Office this bill contemplates ballots for both active and
inactive voters therefore printing costs will be significantly greater.