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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Papen
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/24/2007
1/29/2007 HB
SHORT TITLE Salt Cedar Removal & Forest Health Programs
SB 115/aSCONC
ANALYST McOlash
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$10,000.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Energy, Minerals, & Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)
New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA)
New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (NMISC)
Environment Department (NMED)
Higher Education Department (NMHED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Amendment
The Senate Conservation Committee amendment changes the Soil and Water Conservation
Commission as the recipient, manager, and administrator of the funds to an organization
providing “advice." The appropriation remains with NMSU to manage and administer the
program.
Synopsis of Original Bill
Senate Bill 115 appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Regents of
NMSU for expenditure in FY 2009 and FY 2009 for the Soil and Water Conservation
Commission (SWCC) to manage and administer non-native phreatophyte removal and riparian
restoration according to the Non-Native Phreatophyte/Watershed Management Plan program.