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<section number="2-105" name="Fiscal impact statements" law="code" slug="sec-2-105" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_2AD_DIV1COCO_S2-105FIIMST">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Definitions. In this Section, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Fiscal impact means an estimate of changes in future County revenue and expenditures attributable to a change in the law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Legislation means a bill or resolution under consideration by the Council.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Fiscal impact statements. The Director shall submit a statement to the Council describing the fiscal impact, if any, of each piece of legislation. The Director shall submit a separate statement for each piece of legislation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Time for submission. A fiscal impact statement should be submitted to the Council:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>no later than 7 days before the first Committee session at which the legislation is considered on each bill or resolution presented or introduced, respectively, by the Council Chair at the request of the County Executive; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the earlier of no more than:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>twelve (12) days after a bill or resolution sponsored by a Councilmember is presented or introduced, respectively; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>two (2) days before the first Committee session at which the legislation is considered.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the Director is unable to submit the statement within the time required by paragraph (2), the Director shall notify the Council Chair in writing of the delay, the reason for the delay, and the revised delivery date. If the Council Chair finds that the revised delivery date is unreasonable, the Council Chair may set a different delivery deadline.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Content of fiscal impact statement. Each fiscal impact statement shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the sources of information, assumptions, and methodologies used;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an estimate of changes in County revenues and expenditures regardless of whether the revenues or expenditures are assumed in a recommended or approved budget;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>revenue and expenditure estimates covering at least the next four (4) fiscal years;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>analysis of the full personnel cost of the legislation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>an estimate of additional staff and resources needed to implement the legislation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>an explanation of revenue or expenditures that are uncertain or difficult to project; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>if the legislation is likely to have no fiscal impact, why that is the case.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Compliance. Council action on legislation that is otherwise valid is not invalid because of any failure to follow the requirements of this Section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
