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

SPONSOR Begaye

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/22/07

HB 28

SHORT TITLE Promote Native American Cultural Tourism

SB

ANALYST Earnest

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$150.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

NM Tourism Department (NMTD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 28 appropriates $150 thousand from the general fund to the Tourism Department to

promote Native American cultural tourism in Albuquerque.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $150 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall

revert to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

NMTD supports HB 28, which should result in increasing the number of tourists to New Mexico.

Native American culture and lifestyle continues to be one of the top attractions that draw out-of-

state visitors to New Mexico and Albuquerque.

House Bill 28 – Page

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PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

NMTD finds that this appropriation may result in increased visitation to New Mexico and, there-

fore, finds that the value of matching dollars and in-kind contributed to tribes to promote joint

Indian tourism activities would increase.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

None identified.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

NMTD’s Indian Tourism Program has expanded its focus from outreach and training in cultural

tourism to promotion and advertising of all Indian tourism attractions, including gaming, hospi-

tality, entertainment and outdoor recreation in an effort to optimize the number of tours and

amount of tourism revenue to the state and the tribes.

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