Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement

123 ^rd General Assembly of Ohio

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BILL:	H.B. 507		DATE:	February 15, 2000
STATUS:	As Introduced		SPONSOR:	Rep. Brading
LOCAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED:		No —	Minimal cost

CONTENTS:

Prohibits a convicted felon from being a candidate for or an appointee to an office of honor, trust, or profit

State Fiscal Highlights

· No direct fiscal effect on the state.

Local Fiscal Highlights

LOCAL GOVERNMENT		FY 2000		FY 2001		FUTURE YEARS
Counties
Revenues	Potential minimal loss		Potential minimal loss		Potential minimal loss
Expenditures	Potential minimal decrease in certain cases		- 0 -		Potential minimal decrease in certain cases occurring in even-numbered years
Municipalities and Townships
Revenues	- 0 -		- 0 -		- 0 -
Expenditures	- 0 -		Potential minimal decrease in certain cases		Potential minimal decrease in certain cases occurring in odd-numbered years

Note: For most local governments, the fiscal year is the calendar year. The school district fiscal year is July 1 through June 30.

· By preventing a convicted felon from running for a public office, the bill would eliminate any filing fee revenues that could be generated from such candidates, and could eliminate potential legal and/or additional election costs that could arise under current law if a convicted felon were to run for a public office and win. Such instances would likely be quite rare.

· There could also be a negligible decrease in the cost of printing ballots because a convicted felon would not have to be included on each ballot as a candidate for public office.

Detailed Fiscal Analysis

Under the bill, a person who is convicted of a felony is generally prohibited from being a candidate for, or an appointee to, an office of honor, trust, or profit. An office of honor, trust, or profit would include any public office. Current law (Sec. 2961.01) prohibits a felon from holding any public office.

By preventing a convicted felon from running for a public office, the bill would eliminate any filing fee revenues that could be generated from such candidates, and could eliminate potential legal and/or additional election costs that could arise under current law if a convicted felon were to run for a public office and win. Such instances would likely be quite rare.

There could also be a negligible decrease in the cost of printing ballots because a convicted felon would not have to be included on each ballot as a candidate for public office.

q LBO staff: Alexander C. Heckman, Budget/Policy Analyst

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