LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE TO


[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2407


STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: APRIL 9, 1997

 

 

      Assembly Bill No. 2407 (1R) of 1996 establishes a five-member Electrologist Advisory Committee in the Division of Consumer Affairs of the Department of Law and Public Safety, under the State Board of Medical Examiners, for the professional licensing of electrologists. The bill authorizes the committee, subject to delegation by the board, to review qualifications of applicants for licensure, issue and renew licenses, approve electrology education programs and suspend or revoke licenses under certain conditions. The bill also establishes standards for the practice and teaching of electrology in this State. Members of the committee would serve without compensation and would be reimbursed for expenses.

      The bill authorizes the board to assess and collect application and renewal fees for biennial licenses. The amounts of these fees are not specified. However, the bill also requires that fee receipts fully defray the administrative expenses of the committee.

      According to information provided by the Electrology Association of New Jersey, approximately 500 electrologists would be eligible to receive licenses upon the bill’s enactment. Based on this information, the Division of Consumer Affairs informally estimates the cost of implementing this bill at $114,000 in the first year following enactment. Included in this estimate are salary and fringe benefit costs of $42,000 for one executive director and one clerk; $4,000 for materials and supplies; $10,000 for data processing expenses; $5,000 for travel, postage and telephone; $15,000 for legal services; $10,000 for enforcement services; $15,000 for administrative overhead; $5,000 for rental space and $8,000 for computer and other equipment. The division estimates the bill's second and third year costs at $103,000 and $108,000, respectively, allowing for the deduction of certain start-up costs and approximately a five percent annual inflation rate. Based on an estimated 500 initial licensees, a biennial license fee of $450 would be required to defray the cost of this bill.

      The Office of Legislative Services concurs.

 

This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67.