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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR
Tsosie
DATE TYPED 02-02-05 HB
SHORT TITLE UNM Native American Access to Justice Project
SB 502
ANALYST Woods
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
$352.0
Recurring General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to the appropriation for the University of New Mexico in the General Appropriations
Act.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Not Received From
New Mexico Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 502 – Making an Appropriation to to the Board of Regents of the University of New
Mexico for a Native American Access to Justice Project – appropriates $352,000 from the gen-
eral fund to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico for expenditure in FY06 to
establish a Native American Access to Justice Project under the School of Law, in cooperation
with the American Indian Law Center, Incorporated, and DNA-People's Legal Services, Incorpo-
rated. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY06 shall revert to
the general fund.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $352,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.