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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 YPED:

01/21/02

 

HJM

8

 

SHORT TITLE:

State Government Organizational Study

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Belmares

 

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

NFI

 

 

 

 

 

Duplicates SJM5

                                                                                                                                                           

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

Economic Development Department (EDD)

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)

Workers’ Compensation Administration

New Mexico State Fair

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Joint Memorial

 

House Joint Memorial 8 (HJM8) requests that the New Mexico Legislative Council create an interim committee to study and evaluate New Mexico State government’s ability to operate in a cost-efficient manner under its current organizational structure and to report its findings and any recommendations for changes in that structure to the first Session of the Forty-sixth Legislature and the Governor.

 

HJM8 indicates “the Legislative Finance Committee has identified the following problem areas in which inappropriate government organizational structure appears to be a substantial contributing factor:

  1. the provision of services of the Medicaid program;
  2. lack of coordination in the state’s efforts to finance debt through the issuance of bonds; and
  3. proliferation of workforce development programs.”

 

HJM8 also directs the LFC and the Department of Finance and Administration to cooperate with and assist the interim committee in carrying out its duties.

 

     Significant Issues

 

HJM8 is LFC-Sponsored legislation.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

HJM8 anticipates the identification and implementation of needed organizational changes would result in substantial savings in expenditures and in increased efficiency in state government operations.

 

DUPLICATION

 

Duplicates Senate Joint Memorial 5.

 

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