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| SPONSOR: | Lujan | DATE TYPED: | 02/25/01 | HB | 891 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Gaming Control Board Appropriation | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Gonzales | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY01 | FY02 | FY01 | FY02 | ||
| $ 5,000.0 | Non-Recurring | General Fund | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
No Response
Gaming Control Board
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 891 appropriates $5 million from the general fund to the Gaming Control Board for the purpose of upgrading its central monitoring system in fiscal years 2001 and 2002.
Significant Issues
The upgrade is to ensure the system can monitor all models of permitted gaming machines in the state. This bill contains an emergency clause.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $5,000.0 contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall revert to the general fund.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Funding for the central monitoring system was not requested as a special appropriation which typically go through the General Appropriation Act request process.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
1. Have models of permitted gaming machines been requested to be put in operation that cannot be monitored by the current system? If so, to what extent?
2. Why wasn't the appropriation requested as a special appropriation since the upgrade affects regular operations?
JMG/ar