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



SPONSOR: Pearce DATE TYPED: 03/30/00 HB 10
SHORT TITLE: State Police Vehicles SB
ANALYST: Trujillo

APPROPRIATION



Appropriation Contained
Estimated Additional Impact
Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY00 FY01 FY00 FY01
$ 1,386.0 Recurring OSF

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)



Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to the General Appropriations Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION



LFC files



SUMMARY



Synopsis of Bill



HB10 appropriates $1,386.0 million from cash balances of the Department of Public Safety from Section 1 and 2 of Chapter 4 of Laws 1998 to the Department of Public Safety for expenditure in fiscal years 2000 and 2001.



HB 10 contains an emergency clause



Significant Issues



Law's 1998, Chapter 4 appropriates $8.6 million from the general fund to DPS for recruiting, employing, training and equipping additional state police officers. Of the $8.6 million, $2.8 million is for recruiting, employing, training and equipping 50 additional state police officers and $5.8 million is for equipping 40 additional state police officers during fiscal years 2000 through 2002.



FISCAL IMPLICATIONS



The use of cash balance may affect legislative intent to provide funding for use in subsequent fiscal years through fiscal year 2002.



ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS



Administrative impact will be minimal.



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