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

SPONSOR	Martinez		DATE TYPED	1/30/04		HB	275
SHORT TITLE		Parole Board Director Appointment				SB
					ANALYST		Reynolds-Forte

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY04	FY05	FY04	FY05	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
	NFI			NFI	NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Corrections Department

Parole Board

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 275 makes changes to current legislation relating to the Parole Board. The bill specifies that the Parole Board is administratively attached to the Corrections Department, gives the Parole Board Chairman the responsibility of scheduling hearings for the Board and creates a new section of law that sets out the powers and duties of the director of the Parole Board which were formerly set out as powers of the Board as a whole.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

HB 275 has no fiscal impact

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The Parole Board will need to update policies and procedures to implement the changes to their legislation.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

The Corrections Department notes that HB 275 duplicates Section 9-3-11 NMSA 1978 which administratively attaches the Parole Board to the Corrections Department.

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