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

SPONSOR:	Papen		DATE TYPED:	01/24/02		HB
SHORT TITLE:		NMSU Parenting Education Program				SB	79
					ANALYST:		Baca

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

$546.5

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis () Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

SUMMARY

Senate Bill 79 appropriates $546.5 to the Board of Regents of New Mexico State University for the purpose of creating a family strengthening partnership parenting education program. The program is designed to improve parenting skills for low-income families in areas of Dona Ana, Luna, Otero, and Sierra counties with high rates of adolescent substance abuse.

The bill carries an emergency clause.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $546.5 contained in this bill is a recurring expense the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY2003 shall revert to the general fund.

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