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SPONSOR: |
Rawson |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Increase 3rd Judicial District |
SB |
39 |
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ANALYST: |
Hayes |
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APPROPRIATION
Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$1,182.5 |
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Recurring* |
General
Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
*See Fiscal
Implications note below.
Relates to SB60 and SB143
Responses
Received From
Administrative
Office of the Courts (
LFC
files
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 39 amends
Section 34-6-6 NMSA 1978 to increase the number of judgeships in the Third
Judicial District Court from six to seven. The bill appropriates $998.3 to the 3rd
district for salaries and benefits, furniture, supplies and equipment for the
additional judgeship, plus includes support staff for the judge and fifteen
other court positions. Other
appropriations outlined in SB39 totaling $184.2 provide for additional
resources for the district attorneys and public defenders in the 3rd
district.
The additional
judgeship is filled by appointment by the governor pursuant to the provisions
of Article 6 of the Constitution of New Mexico.
The effective date of
the provisions of SB39 is
Significant
Issues
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $1,182,485
contained in this bill is a recurring*
expense to the general fund. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall
revert to the general fund.
*Part of the appropriations to the 3rd
district court, district attorney and public defender is specifically for
furniture and equipment. These will be
capital items (defined by DFA as purchases over $1,500) and are a one-time
expense. Therefore, a portion of this
appropriation must be designated as non-recurring.
Here is a table
delineating the appropriation amount to each agency:
THIRD
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS
AGENY: |
Appropriation to Court |
Appropriation to District Attorney |
Appropriation to Public Defender |
TOTAL |
AMOUNT: |
$998,290 |
$78,665 |
$105,530 |
$1,182,485 |
RELATIONSHIP
SB60 increases the
number of judgeships in the Dona Ana magistrate court from five to six, and
provides for an appropriation to fund this judgeship, including supplies, equipment
and furniture. There is also an
additional appropriation in each of the respective offices for the district attorneys
and public defenders affected by the new magistrate judgeship proposed in SB60.
SB143 provides for one
additional judgeship at the Third Judicial District Court in
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Besides clarification
of recurring vs. non-recurring amounts, references to “additional staff” in the
bill should be clarified by indicating the number of FTE specifically being
funded.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS