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

SPONSOR Trujillo

DATE TYPED 3/11/03 HM 61

SHORT TITLE Santa Fe Crime Victim Assistance Office

SB

ANALYST Baca

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Memorial 61 resolves the House of Representatives support the joint efforts of the county

of Santa Fe and the city of Santa Fe to create and manage a victims of crime assistance office in

the Santa Fe county sheriff's department. The memorial further resolves that copies of this me-

morial be transmitted to the county manager and the county commissioners of the county of

Santa Fe, the Santa Fe county sheriff's department and the mayor, city manager and city council-

ors of the city of Santa Fe.

Significant Issues

If created, this program will be the first in the state of New Mexico to provide on a full-time ba-

sis assistance to victims of crime at a local and regional level, according to information in the

memorial.

Findings cited in HM61 note that Santa Fe County:

•

submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting funding to create a vic-

tims of crime assistance office for the county and was denied,

•

remains committed to finding the means to address the critical need of assisting victims

of crime and resolves to create a victims of crime assistance office in the Santa Fe

County sheriff’s department,

House Memorial 61 -- Page 2

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will work collaboratively with neighboring municipal, county and pueblo governments

todevelop, a regional victims of crime awareness and assistance program and

•

will provide twenty-four hour bilingual services to victims of crimes, including counsel-

ing referrals, telephone outreach, court advocacy and escort, victim impact statements,

crime victim compensation assistance, educational programs for schools and community

groups and community assistance resource,

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