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

 

 

 

SPONSOR

Vigil

DATE TYPED

2/13/2004

HB

333/aHGUAC/aHAFC

 

SHORT TITLE

Education Incentive Pay for State Police

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST

Valenzuela

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY04

FY05

FY04

FY05

 

 

 

See Narrative

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

 

Response Received From

Department of Public Safety

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of the HAFC amendment

 

The House Appropriations and Finance Committee (HAFC) amendment strikes the appropriations from the bill. The divisions would be required to find the funding for this educational incentive in the existing budget.

 

     Synopsis of the HGUAC Amendment

 

The House Government and Urban Affairs Committee (HGUAC) amendment strikes the New Mexico State Police from the provisions of the bill. According to DPS, the State Police already have this educational incentive benefit.

 

Synopsis of Original Bill

 

As educational incentive pay, House Bill 333 appropriates $24 thousand from the general fund to Department of Public Safety for the purpose of increasing pay by $1,200/year for those commissioned officers who have earned a bachelor’s degree and by $1,500 for those who have earned a master’s degree.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The Department of Public Safety did not provide data on the number of commissioned officers who currently hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree, or the number expected to obtain such degrees on an annual basis. Consequently, additional fiscal impacts are difficult to project. However, the attachment does provide estimates of implementation cost based several scenarios. 

 

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

 

How many commissioned officers currently have a bachelor’s degree? Master’s degree?

 

MFV/lg:njw:yr

 

 

Attachment