Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement
127 th General Assembly of Ohio
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LOCAL IMPACT
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STATE FUND |
FY 2008 |
FY 2009 |
FUTURE YEARS |
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General Reimbursement Fund
(Fund 106) – Attorney General |
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Revenues |
Offsetting gain from background
check fees |
Offsetting gain from
background check fees |
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Expenditures |
Increase corresponding to
the number of license applicants |
Increase corresponding to
the number of license applicants |
Increase corresponding to
the number of license applicants |
Note: The state
fiscal year is July 1 through June 30.
For example, FY 2007 is July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007.
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The Attorney General's
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCII) will likely
experience annual revenue gains for performing additional criminal records
checks on persons applying for a license from 1 of 15 specified licensing
agencies. Any gain in revenue by the
BCII would likely be offset by an increase in expenditures related to performing
these criminal records checks.
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No
direct fiscal effect on political subdivisions.
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Overview
This bill requires a
criminal records check of an applicant for an initial license from 15 licensing
and regulatory boards (the list of Boards is available in the LSC bill
analysis). The specified licensing
agencies may not grant an application for an initial license unless the
applicant requests a criminal records check as required by the bill and the agency
decides that the results of the check do not impair the applicant’s eligibility
for a license.
Applicants for a license in
specified occupations must submit a request to the Bureau of Criminal
Identification and Investigation (BCII), which is within the Attorney General’s
Office, for a criminal records check of the applicant. The appropriate form, fingerprint
impressions, and the fee required by BCII for the criminal records check must
accompany the request. BCII charges $15
to perform a state criminal records check and charges an additional $24 to
obtain information from the FBI to perform a federal criminal records
check. Thus, a request to perform a
criminal records check on a person could cost either $15 for a state criminal
records check or $39 for both a state and federal criminal records check.
The applicant must provide
BCII with the applicant’s name and address, the licensing agency’s name and
address, and request that BCII obtain from the FBI any information it has
pertaining to the applicant. Once BCII
receives the applicant’s required information, it must then conduct the records
check to determine if there is any information indicating that the applicant
has been convicted of or plead guilty to any criminal offense in Ohio or any
other state. BCII must make the results
available to the licensing agency for use in determining whether the applicant
should be granted a license and the licensing agency must make the results
available to the applicant or the applicant’s representative. The bill requires each specified licensing agency
to adopt rules establishing administrative and procedural requirements for the
criminal records checks, which would pose little to no additional cost to the
boards.
State fiscal effects
The
Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCII)
will likely experience annual revenue gains to the General Reimbursement Fund
(Fund 106) for performing additional criminal records checks on persons
applying for a license from 1 of 15 specified licensing agencies. Any gain in revenue by the BCII would likely
be offset by an increase in expenditures related to performing these criminal
records checks. The bill requires the
applicant to pay the appropriate fees for the criminal background check. Consequently, the specified licensing
agencies would not bear any cost for the criminal background checks.
LSC fiscal staff: Jason Phillips, Budget Analyst