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SPONSOR: |
Lopez |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Corrine Wolfe Children’s |
SB |
215 |
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ANALYST: |
L. Baca |
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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 |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates
to Appropriation for the
LFC files
Responses
Received From
Department
of Children, Youth and Families (CYFD)
Administrative
Office of the Courts (AOC)
Commission on
Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 215
appropriates $200.0 to the Board of Regents of the
Significant
Issues
SB 215 provides the operating expenses for
salaries and benefits for a director, a staff attorney and administrative
support staff. In addition, the bill provides funds to support training,
technical assistance, research assistance and information dissemination in the
areas of child abuse and neglect, and juvenile justice. The Corrine Wolfe Children’s
The need for funding for this project is
described by AOC analysis, in the section quoted below:
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$200.0 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.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
This project was not included in the UNM’s Board of Regents legislative request. Consequently, it was not reviewed by the CHE.
AMENDMENTS
The CHE suggests the following language for all
new recurring higher education programs and expansion of current programs
(assuming that funding will continue beyond 2003-2004):
“The
institution receiving the appropriation in this bill submit a program
evaluation to the Legislative Finance Committee and the Commission on Higher
Education by August 2005 detailing the benefits to the State of