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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	1/29/04		HB	135
SHORT TITLE		UNM Manufacturing Engineering Program				SB
					ANALYST		Baca

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY04	FY05	FY04	FY05
	$340.0			Recurring	General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

Duplicates SB 354

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 135 appropriates $340 thousand from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the incremental expansion of the manufacturing engineering special project funding for phase two operations of the manufacturing training and technology center clean room of the manufacturing engineering program.

Significant Issues

A request for this project was not included in UNM’s budget request to the UNM Board of Regents for FY05, and thus was not included in the list of priority projects submitted by UNM to the Commission on Higher Education for review.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $340 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY05 shall revert to the general fund.

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