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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Carraro

 

DATE TYPED:

02/07/02

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

UNM Multidisciplinary Human

Genomics Research

 

SB

97/aSEC

 

 

ANALYST:

Fernandez

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

$3,500.0

 

 

Non-Recurring

Tobacco Settlement Program Fund

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Duplicates/Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act CS/HB2

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of SEC Amendment

           

The Senate Education Committee amendment changes the purpose of the appropriation from support of human genomics research to “build a multidisciplinary human genomics research center.”  The amendment also increases the appropriation to $3,500.0.

 

     Synopsis of Original Bill

 

Senate Bill 97 appropriates $2,380.0 from the tobacco settlement program fund to the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the purpose of supporting the multidisciplinary human genomics research program at the Cancer Center.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $2,380.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the tobacco settlement program fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the tobacco settlement program fund.

 

CONFLICT/DUPLICATION/COMPANIONSHIP/RELATIONSHIP

 

Included in CS/HB2, Section 5, is an appropriation in the amount of $2,000.0 from the tobacco settlement program fund for this purpose.

 

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

 

This expansion will allow UNM Health Sciences Center to hire an additional 21.0 FTE in order to increase clinical trials in asthma, chronic pulmonary disease and cardiology and to expand research on damage and repair, solid tumor biology, asthma biology and cardiovascular biology.

 

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