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State of Alaska
                                                        Fiscal Note
                                                                                        Bill Version:                   SB 186
 2022 Legislative Session
                                                                                        Fiscal Note Number:             1
                                                                                        (S) Publish Date:               3/8/2022
 Identifier:       SB186-DCCED-CBPL-03-04-22                              Department:       Department of Commerce, Community and
 Title:            EXTEND BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN                                             Economic Development
                   OPTOMETRY                                              Appropriation: Corporations, Business and Professional
 Sponsor:          STEVENS                                                                  Licensing
 Requester: (S) LABOR & COMMERCE                                          Allocation:       Corporations, Business and Professional
                                                                                            Licensing
                                                                          OMB Component Number:                2360
 Expenditures/Revenues
 Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below.                                                         (Thousands of Dollars)
                                                 Included in
                                    FY2023       Governor's
                                Appropriation      FY2023                                      Out-Year Cost Estimates
                                  Requested       Request
 OPERATING EXPENDITURES               FY 2023        FY 2023       FY 2024                FY 2025             FY 2026         FY 2027        FY 2028
 Personal Services
 Travel                                                  15.2         15.2                    15.2               15.2             15.2            15.2
 Services                                                 1.5          1.5                     1.5                1.5              1.5             1.5
 Commodities
 Capital Outlay
 Grants & Benefits
 Miscellaneous
 Total Operating                            0.0          16.7         16.7                    16.7               16.7             16.7            16.7
 Fund Source (Operating Only)
 1156 Rcpt Svcs (DGF)                                       16.7            16.7              16.7               16.7             16.7            16.7
 Total                                        0.0           16.7            16.7              16.7               16.7             16.7            16.7
 Positions
 Full-time
 Part-time
 Temporary
 Change in Revenues
 1156 Rcpt Svcs (DGF)                                       16.7            16.7              16.7               16.7             16.7            16.7
 Total                                        0.0           16.7            16.7              16.7               16.7             16.7            16.7
 Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2022) cost:                              0.0            (separate supplemental appropriation required)
 Estimated CAPITAL (FY2023) cost:                                   0.0            (separate capital appropriation required)
 Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account?       No
 (Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
 ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
 Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency?           No
 If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?                           N/A
 Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
 Not applicable, initial version.
 Prepared By:            Sara Chambers, Division Director                                                      Phone:       (907)465-2144
 Division:               Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing                         Date:        03/04/2022
 Approved By:            Micaela Fowler, Administrative Services Director                                      Date:        03/04/22
 Agency:                 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Printed 3/7/2022                                                   Page 1 of 2                                                       Control Code: XLRCX
                                                                                                                  SB 186 - Fiscal Note 1
                                                 FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA                                                                   BILL NO. SB 186
2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
   SB 186 extends statutory authorization for the existing Board of Examiners in Optometry to June 30, 2028. Adoption of the
   bill will continue existing activities by the board and administration by the Division of Corporations, Business, and
   Professional Licensing. Failure to adopt the bill will result in a oneyear wind down of the board in FY2023, and the division
   will assume all licensing responsibility in FY2024.
   If the bill passes the following expenses will be incurred:
   Travel:           $15.2 (7 board members and 1 staff member, to attend four board meetings per year)
   Services:         $0.4 (advertising of public notice of board meetings)
                     $1.0 (training and conference fees)
                     $0.1 (stipends for board members attending board meeting in community of residence)
   Regardless of whether this bill passes, activities and costs of the licensing program will continue. Annual
   expenditures are estimated to be approximately $88.9, with revenues from license fees covering those expenses. Current
   schedules of revenues and expenditures for licensing programs are located online at
   https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/CBPLScheduleofRevenues_2022_Q2.pdf
   If this legislation is not passed and the board sunsets, the department would continue to require access to expertise in the
   profession. Replacing the expertise currently provided by volunteer board members with professional service contracts
   may increase the annual costs of this program, resulting in increased license fees. No professional licensing board has
   sunset in recent years, so reasonable estimates of this cost are unknown.
   Professional licensing programs within the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing are primarily
   funded by Receipt Supported Services, fund source 1156 Rcpt Svcs (DGF). Licensing fees for each occupation are set per AS
   08.01.065 so the total amount of revenue collected approximately equals the occupations actual regulatory costs.
(Revised 11/23/2021 OMB/LFD)                                                                                        Page 2 of 2
SB186-DCCED-CBPL-03-04-22                                       Page 2 of 2                                              Control Code: XLRCX
Statutes affected: 
SB0186A, AM SB 186, introduced 02/09/2022: 08.03.010
SB0186Z, AM Enrolled SB 186, introduced 05/16/2022: 08.03.010