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SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 297 appropriates $80.0 from the general fund to the Office of Indian Affairs to contract for rural addressing services within the Mexican Springs Navajo Chapter located in McKinley County.

Significant Issues

Mexican Springs Chapter is located 19.2 miles north of Gallup and has a population of over 700. The land size of Mexican Springs is approximately 115,000 rural acres. The housing units lack address indicators which causes delays in emergency situations such as medical or ambulance assistance to the residents of Mexican Springs. The State Enhanced 911 fund provided a grant of $117,130 to McKinley county to do addressing for the county, excluding Navajo Nation lands within the county boundaries over a three-year period commencing in FY99. House Bill 297 will augment that effort for the Mexican Springs locality.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

House Bill 297 appropriates $80.0 from the General Fund to the Local Government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for fiscal year 2001. Any unexpended or unencumbered balances remaining at the end of FY2001 reverts to the general fund.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation in House Bill 297 is made to the Local Government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration. The division would enter into a Joint Powers Agreement for the rural addressing services.

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