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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Macias		DATE TYPED:	02/07/00		HB
SHORT TITLE:		Liquid Waste Fund and Fees				SB	414
					ANALYST:		O'Connell

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY00	FY01	FY00	FY01	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
		See Narrative	See Narrative	Recurring	New

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

REVENUE

Estimated Revenue		Subsequent Years Impact	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY00	FY01	Subsequent Years Impact	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
See Narrative	See Narrative		Recurring	New
See Narrative	See Narrative		Recurring	General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC files

New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) analysis

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 414 gives the Department of Environment the authority to collect on-site liquid waste system fees and creates the Liquid Waste Fund into which the fees will be deposited. The Environmental Improvement Board would have the authority to set the fees.

Significant Issues

Senate Bill 414 creates a new nonreverting fund, the Liquid Waste Fund.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The generation of liquid waste fees for appropriation to the Department could potentially result in general fund dollars becoming available for the management of the liquid waste program. The fee-based revenue stream cannot be estimated until the Environmental Improvement Board sets the fees.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The generation of liquid waste fees could also allow the Department to devote more resources to the process of inspecting and permitting on-site liquid waste systems.

BOC/prr