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

SPONSOR Sandoval

DATE TYPED 2/22/05

HB 1037

SHORT TITLE Santa Fe National Cemetery Honor Guard

SB

ANALYST Chabot

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

$5.0

Non-Recurring General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Veterans’ Services Department (VSD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1037 appropriates $5 thousand from the general fund to VSD for the purpose of pur-

chasing equipment for the honor guard members for use at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.

Significant Issues

VSD states that honor guards, funded in part by the operating budget of VSD, attended almost

1,400 veterans’ burials in FY04. Honor guards are volunteers and need to purchase uniforms,

rifles, blank ammunition, flags, stands, bugles and other needed equipment. Estimated costs per

individual are $500. This bill would outfit ten additional honor guard members for services the

Santa Fe Cemetery.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

This bill relates to the VSD measure on the number of veterans impacted by VSD services.

House Bill 1037 -- Page 2

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $5,000 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.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

VSD will have to work with veterans groups providing honor guards at the Santa Fe National

Cemetery to purchase equipment items.

ALTERNATIVES

A possible alternative would be to create a fund for this purpose that does not revert and periodi-

cally appropriate non-recurring funds to replenish the fund as needed.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL.

Honor guards may not be able to purchase needed equipment.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

1.

VSD pays for veterans honor guards throughout the state, should the scope of the bill be

expanded to cover all veterans honor guards funded, in part, by VSD.

GAC/yr