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

SPONSOR:	Varela		DATE TYPED:	01/31/00		HB	251
SHORT TITLE:		Tourism Department Appropriation				SB
					ANALYST:		Woodlee

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY00

FY01

FY00

FY01

$ 4,900.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates SB29

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Agency analysis not provided

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

The bill appropriates an additional $4,900.0 to the Tourism Department for travel and marketing services.

Significant Issues

The bill appropriates funds for the following purposes:

•$2,500.0 for general advertising;
•$1,065.0 for cooperative advertising;
•$ 650.0 for inquiry fulfillment;
•$ 450.0 for regional programs;
•$ 100.0 for research and accountability;
•$ 50.0 for trade show programs;
•$ 45.0 for printing a museums and monuments fulfillment brochure;
•$ 25.0 for printing state park brochures; and
•$ 15.0 for updating and printing the access New Mexico guide.

In 1998, the Legislature increased the Travel and Marketing Division's advertising budget by $2,900.0. Currently, the general advertising program expends $3,300.0 and the cooperative advertising expends $1,300.0, totaling $4,600.0. This bill will bring the total tourism advertising budget to $8,165.0.

New Mexico has been outspent in tourism marketing by surrounding states. For FY00, the Arizona budget designates $7,021.9 for tourism marketing. This bill increases the New Mexico tourism promotion budget to comparable levels to surrounding states.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The bill appropriates $4,900.0 from the general fund to the Tourism Department. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2001 shall revert to the general fund.

CONFLICT/DUPLICATION/COMPANIONSHIP/RELATIONSHIP

This bill duplicates SB29.

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