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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Madalena
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/22/07
2/14/07 HB 69/aHVEC
SHORT TITLE
Making An Appropriation to Bureau of Elections for
Additional Personnel
SB
ANALYST Ellie Ortiz
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$74.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Secretary of State (SOS)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HVEC
Voters and Election Committee Amendment #1 increases the appropriation to $110 thousand.
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 69 appropriates $74,000 from the general fund to the bureau of elections in the
Secretary of State’s office to fund 2 FTE to serve as Native American voting coordinators.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
A $74,000 appropriation will allow the Secretary of State to cover personal service and benefits
for two positions.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Native American participation in elections is adds an important value to New Mexico but it
requires education within the community for the Native American community cast an informed
ballots. Many Native American people rely on an oral tradition. In other words, they depend on