LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: SB 219 SLS 21RS 425
Bill Text Version: REENGROSSED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: May 2, 2021 8:52 AM Author: CLOUD
Dept./Agy.: Secretary of State
Subject: Annual Canvass Use Publicly Owned Utilities Information Analyst: Patrice Thomas
VOTERS/VOTING RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note Page 1 of 1
Provides relative to voter rolls. (8/1/21)
Proposed law authorizes each Registrar of Voters in a parish with a publicly owned utility to canvass registrants living in a
precinct in the utility service area using customer information provided by the public utility. Proposed law authorizes publicly
owned utilities to provide information to the Registrar of Voters and specifies customer information required in the report.
Proposed law defines a publicly owned utility. Proposed law the Registrar of Voters send address verification cards if the
address from the utility company is different from the voter’s address on their registration. Proposed law effective
6/01/2022.
EXPENDITURES 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW
Annual Total
REVENUES 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law may have a minimal, but indeterminable, expenditure impact on Registrars of Voters and the Secretary of
State (SOS) as a result of increased printing and mailing as well as a one-time minimal expenditure impact to the SOS in
FY 22 to make IT changes. The proposed law authorizes the Registrars of Voters to conduct an additional annual canvass of
voters using the information provided by publicly owned utility companies. To implement the proposed law, the SOS
anticipates one-time expenditures of $16,000 for IT program development changes within the Election Registration and
Information Network (ERIN) system to incorporate customer information data from publicly owned utility companies (160
programming hours x $100 per hour). IT programming development changes may take up to two months to complete.
The SOS reports that canvassing is mostly performed electronically through the National Change of Address (NCOA)
database and the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). NCOA database is a set of data that includes the
permanent change-of-address records maintained by the U.S. Postal Service. Every time U.S citizens move and submit a
change-of-address form to their local post office, their new addresses are recorded in the NCOA database. ERIC is a non-
profit organization of 30 states that share voter registration data to improve the accuracy of voter rolls. Each member state
receives reports that show voters who have moved within their state, voters who have moved out of state, voters who have
died, and duplicate registrations in the same state. The SOS uses the NCOA and ERIC to print and mail address confirmation
cards sent as part of the annual canvass. If addresses are changed as a result of the annual canvass, the parish covers the
postage cost for mailing voter ID cards.
To the extent publicly owned utility companies can provide customer information data in a format compatible with the ERIN
system, the SOS and Registrars of Voters will be able to perform the canvass electronically and then incur expenditures
related to printing and mailing. The cost of printing and mailing address confirmation cards and voter ID cards is
indeterminable but assumed to be minimal.
REVENUE EXPLANATION
There is no anticipated direct material effect on governmental revenues as a result of this measure.
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Statutes affected:
SB219 Original: 18:192(A)(2)
SB219 Engrossed: 18:192(A)(2)