TO: | Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1120 by Nixon (Relating to certain requirements relating to an application for a marriage license and an affidavit of an absent applicant for a marriage license and to the maintenance of marriage and divorce indexes by the bureau of vital statistics; providing penalties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2006 | $0 |
2007 | $0 |
2008 | $0 |
2009 | $0 |
2010 | $0 |
Fiscal Year | Probable (Cost) from VITAL STATISTICS ACCOUNT 19 |
Probable Revenue Gain from VITAL STATISTICS ACCOUNT 19 |
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2006 | ($75,000) | $900,000 |
2007 | $0 | $900,000 |
2008 | $0 | $900,000 |
2009 | $0 | $900,000 |
2010 | $0 | $900,000 |
According to DSHS, there are approximately 180,000 marriage licenses and declarations of informal marriage filed annually. A fee of $5 each would generate revenue of $900,000 per year. DSHS indicates that the cost of modifying the existing Vital Statistics Unit Marriage and Divorce Index Web page to include an online inquiring function would total $75,000 in 2006.
It is assumed that administrative penalties imposed on county clerks would be negligible, as county clerks would abide by the provisions of the bill.
Rules to administer the provisions of the bill would be adopted by the Health and Human Services Commission. Any costs would be absorbed within existing resources.
Source Agencies: | 537 Department of State Health Services
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LBB Staff: | JOB, LB, KF, LW, KJG
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