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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Fidel

 

DATE TYPED:

05/24/02

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

Capital Projects

 

SB

3

 

 

ANALYST:

L. Kehoe

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

($12,000.0)

 

 

 

Non-Recurring

W&WWGF

($10,000.0)

$10,000.0

*For Expenditure 

  in FY04

 

Non-Recurring

GF

 $3,600.0    

 

 

 

Non-Recurring

STB

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Duplicates/Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act                                           

 

Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to                                                                          

 

REVENUE

 

Estimated Revenue

Subsequent

Years Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

$12,000.0

 

 

Non-Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

 

Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to                                                                          

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 3 changes appropriations made in Laws 2002, Chapter 110, Sections 47 and 48 (House Taxation & Revenue Committee Substitute for House Bill 88, as amended); and authorizes

 

 

the issuance and sale of $3.6 from Severance Tax Bond (STB) capacity for the installation and purchase of state police radios and vehicles.

 

     Significant Issues

 

Laws 2002, Chapter 110, Section 47 appropriated $10 million from the General Fund to the Water Project Fund for expenditure in fiscal years 2002 through 2007 to carry out the provisions of the Water Project Finance Act.  This bill delays expenditure of the $10 million until fiscal year 2004 and subsequent fiscal years. 

 

Laws 2002, Chapter 110, Section 48 appropriated $15 million from the General Fund to the Water and Wastewater Project Grant Fund for the purpose of making grants to water and wastewater projects.   However, legislation authorizing the projects to be funded failed to pass during the 2002 regular session.  This bill transfers $12 million back to the General Fund, but authorizes the New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) to expend $3 million of the appropriation for emergency public projects. 

 

This bill authorizes the issuance and sale of $3.6 million from Severance Tax Bond (STB) capacity and appropriates the proceeds to the Department of Public Safety.  Of the $3.6 million, $2.6 million is for the purpose of purchasing and installing state police radios, and $1 million is for the purpose of purchasing state police motor vehicles.

 

This bill also repeals Laws 2002, Chapter 110, Sections 47 and 48, and contains an emergency clause.    

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

·       General Fund capacity is increased by $12 million in FY02.

·       The $3 million authorized and appropriated from the Water and Wastewater Project Grant Fund is derived from existing funds appropriated in Laws 2002, Chapter 110, Section 48 as provided in Subsection E of Section 6-21-6.3 NMSA 1978.

·       The $10 million appropriated from the General Fund to the Water Project Fund is for expenditure in fiscal year 2004 and subsequent fiscals years and shall not revert to the General Fund.

·       The Severance Tax Bond appropriation of $3.6 million is a nonrecurring expense to STB bonding capacity. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the severance tax bonds were issued shall revert to the Severance Tax Bonding Fund.

 

LMK/ak


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