HOUSE BILL 192

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Joshua N. Hernandez and Cindy Nava and Catherine J. Cullen

and Jay C. Block and Kathleen Cates

AN ACT

RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS; PROVIDING DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESPONSIBILITIES TO REPORT ON DIGITAL TRUNKED RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SUBSCRIBER FEES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Department of Information Technology Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] REPORT.--Beginning December 1, 2026, the department shall submit a written report to the legislative finance committee on the subscriber fees and users for the next fiscal year for the digital trunked radio communications system by December 1 of each year."

     SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of information technology for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 and subsequent fiscal years to fund the payment of subscriber fees for the digital trunked radio communications system to municipal, county and tribal public safety agencies that provide law enforcement, fire, medical or other emergency services. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund."

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