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Office of Research acid Drafting INC Legislative Budget Office <br />Safety Specialist 1 is hired at the starting annual salary of approximately $49,900, it will bring the <br />Division's potential payroll costs to between $66,000 and $82,400. This includes $6,986 (14% of <br />annual salary to cover the employer's share of retirement) and the employer's share of health <br />insurance ($9,200 for single coverage or $25,500 for family coverage under the state's traditional <br />health plan). Other costs the Division will incur are: travel time for inspections, testing kratom, <br />and updating the Department's licensing database to include the kratom application and license. <br />Criminal penalties and prosecution <br />The bill also requires the Director of the Department to report a person whom the <br />Director determines has violated the bill's prohibitions with a culpable mental state of <br />recklessness or greater to the Attorney General and the applicable county prosecutor. The bill <br />establishes a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a fourth degree misdemeanor for each <br />subsequent offense for such violations. As a result, this may minimally increase caseload for the <br />Attorney General or county prosecutor to prosecute these violations. The maximum fine for a <br />minor misdemeanor is $150. The maximum for a fourth degree misdemeanor is a $250 fine and <br />a jail sentence of not more than 30 days. <br />H 80136.4/Ih <br />I - - — H.B. 236, Fiscal Note <br />