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

 

 

SPONSOR

Picraux

DATE TYPED

1/22/04

HB

139

 

SHORT TITLE

Sandia National Laboratories Water Model

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST

Maloy

 

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY04

FY05

FY04

FY05

 

$50.0

 

 

Non-Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Duplicates SB 47.

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

 

Responses Received From

Office of the State Engineer

 

SUMMARY

 

Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 139 appropriates $50,000 from the general fund to the Office of the State Engineer for expenditure in FY05 to establish Internet access to the water model of the Sandia National Laboratories. 

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS   

 

The appropriation of $50.0 contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general fund.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY05 shall revert to the general fund.

 

 

 

 

 

According to the Office of the State Engineer:

 

“The resources required to transfer the model are considerable. The Information Technology Bureau contacted Sandia Lab and Powersim, the commercial software with which the Lab built the model. The following information was obtained: 

 

Powersim would have to configure the Internet application to run the model. The professional services to implement the Internet application would run approximately $25,000. Cost could be lower or higher. Without seeing the model and knowing the inputs and outputs, Powersim can not provide an exact estimate.

 

The unlimited user license would cost $50,000 (discounted due to a long-term working relationship with the Lab), and a Windows server on which to load license would be required.

 

The proposed $50,000 is insufficient; the cost could be $200,000. Additionally the resources required to transfer the model to the World Wide Web are considerable.”

 

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