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SPONSOR: |
Regensberg |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
360/aHAGC |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Inspection of Slaughtered Livestock |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
Valenzuela |
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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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$200.0 |
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Recurring |
General
Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act for the Meat Inspection
Program of the
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Report of the Legislative Finance
Committee to the Forty-sixth Legislature, First Session,
January 2003 for Fiscal Year 2003 – 2004, pp. 387 – 389.
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HAGC Amendment
The House
Agriculture and Water Resources Committee (HAGC) amendment to House Bill 360 increases
the general fund appropriation to $200.0 and expands the purpose for the
funding to animal health activities, particularly those to protect homeland
security and to prevent reportable diseases that could adversely impact the
economy.
Synopsis
of Original Bill
House Bill 360
appropriates $100.0 from the general fund to the New Mexico Livestock Board for
the purpose of performing inspections of slaughtered livestock and game
animals.
Significant
Issues
The New Mexico Livestock Board is organized into
three programs: the Livestock Inspection program, the Meat Inspection program,
and the Administration program. The program likely to receive and use the
appropriation would be the Meat Inspection Program. This program inspects fresh
meat processing plants throughout the state. These plants slaughter and process
livestock and game animals. The Livestock Board reports that the Meat Inspection
program does not inspect game animals unless requested and paid for by the
processor.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$100.0 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.
The LFC recommendation
for the Meat Inspection program totals $918.7, which includes $450.3 from the
general fund, $450.4 from federal funds, and $18.0 from other state funds. This
recommendation also includes language that requires the agency to obtain
matching federal funds for each general fund dollar appropriated. The
appropriation in House Bill 360 would likely fall within that requirement.
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