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

SPONSOR Rodella

DATE TYPED 1/30/05

HB 451

SHORT TITLE DPS Automated Fingerprint System

SB

ANALYST Peery

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

$2,000.0

Non-recurring General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

No Response

Department of Public Safety (DPS)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 451 appropriates $2,000.0 from the general fund to the Department of Public Safety

for the purpose of acquiring an integrated, automated fingerprint identification system.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The current Automated Fingerprint Imaging System (AFIS) is outdated and the vendor stopped

supporting the system at the end of December 2004. This creates significant performance impli-

cations in maintaining files on criminal fingerprints and latent fingerprints.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $2,000.0 contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall

revert to the general fund.

House Bill 451 -- Page 2

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

OCIO reports AFIS will require Information Technology Certification.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

OCIO reports the proposed legislation duplicates the executive recommendation for computer

enhancement fund IT Special Appropriation in House Bill 2. They state DPS requested $2,900.0

to complete the project which matches the executive recommendation.

The Legislative Finance Committee recommends an IT Special Appropriation of $3,000.0 from

the general fund for implementation of AFIS and replacement of the Interim Distributed Imaging

System, contingent on using the proposed fee revenue (currently $19) to first resolve the backlog

of paper forms and then to be held in reserve for future computer system enhancements to AFIS.

The funding is also contingent on a favorable assessment by the New Mexico Institute of Mining

and Technology.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The proposed legislation appropriates $2,000.0 which is $900.0 less than DPS reports is needed

to update AFIS.

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