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Secretary of State outlines three‑day fiscal‑note process and election cost drivers
Summary
Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and budget manager Tim Gallivan briefed the committee on the office’s three‑day fiscal‑note process, workload-based FTE calculations, litigation-cost practices and election-related costs — including upgrades for ranked‑choice voting and risks tied to litigation trends.
Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and staff told the State Government Tribal Relations Committee that the office uses a structured, three‑day process to produce fiscal notes and that early engagement with legislators can reduce uncertainty and large, assumption-driven estimates.
Tim Gallivan, the Secretary of State’s budget and procurement manager, described the central budget office’s workflow: OFM sends a fiscal-note assignment (day 1), subject-matter experts coordinate and build worksheets (day 2), divisional review and submission occur on day 3. Gallivan said the office translates workload into FTE counts, then converts annual hours into fully loaded costs that include salaries and benefits plus a ‘‘backpack’’ of standard…
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