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

SPONSOR:	Hurt		DATE TYPED:	01/27/02		HB
SHORT TITLE:		Session Laws Distribution				SB	66
					ANALYST:		Woodlee

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY02	FY03	FY02	FY03
	NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Secretary of State

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 66 will amend statute to allow the Secretary of State to provide session laws to certain entities only upon request. Currently, they must provide session laws to all designated individuals whether requested or not.

Significant Issues

Current statute dictates that the Secretary of State must provide copies of session laws to the following individuals and entities:

§ One copy to each New Mexico Supreme Court Justice;

§ One copy to each New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge;

§ One copy to each New Mexico District Court Judge;

§ Five copies to the New Mexico Attorney General;

§ Two copies to each New Mexico District Attorney;

§ One copy to each Board of County Commissioners;

§ Additional copies to other state officers and agencies; and

§ Copies to the New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

There is no appropriation contained within this bill.

The expenditures of the distribution of the session laws reside within the Secretary of State operating budget. In order to have funds to cover all possible requests for session laws, the Secretary of State must maintain sufficient resources for such items. Therefore, there is no significant fiscal implication because the general fund appropriation to the Secretary of State must provide enough resources to cover all possible costs for distributing session laws, whether required or based on request.

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