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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lundstrom
DATE TYPED 02/02/05 HB 220
SHORT TITLE Full Day Indian Law Institute for Legislators
SB
ANALYST Weber
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
$5.0
Recurring General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Indian Affairs Department (DIA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 220 appropriates $5 thousand from the general fund to the Legislative Council Ser-
vice for the purpose of incorporating as part of the mandatory ethics training a full-day Indian
law institute for legislators to enable them to better understand Indian law.
Significant Issues
Indian Affairs reports.
An Indian law institute is one way to address the need to establish a relationship of cooperation,
coordination, open communication and understanding between New Mexico tribes and State leg-
islature. An understanding of “Indian law”—a complex body of law composed for hundreds of
Indian treaties, court decisions, federal Indian statutes, regulations and administrative rulings—
will assist the legislature to become more aware of its relevance and applicability to New Mexico
Indian nations, pueblos and tribes. Further, it may assist legislators to become aware of the im-
plications of State laws to Indian law, to tribal governments and members of an Indian Tribe who
are also NM citizens.