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

SPONSOR:	Regensberg		DATE TYPED:	2/28/03		HB	HJM 43
SHORT TITLE:		Treason Pardons For Land Grant Defenders				SB
					ANALYST:		Chavez

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY03	FY04	FY03	FY04
NFI	NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Joint Memorial 43 proposes that the president of the United States and the governor of New Mexico be asked to pardon the people who were unjustly hanged in 1847 and to clear their names of all wrongdoing; and that the United States reopen the cases and seek appropriate relief for the descendants of these people; and that appropriate memorials to these defenders of their country be erected in the towns of northern New Mexico where they were tried and unjustly convicted.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

This bill contains no appropriation.

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