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

SPONSOR Pinto

DATE TYPED 2/2/05

HB

SHORT TITLE Indian Affairs Capital Projects Technician

SB

528

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

$65.0

Recurring General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Indian /Affairs Department

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 528 appropriates $65 thousand from the general fund to the Indian Affairs Depart-

ment for a capital projects field technician. An emergency clause is included.

Significant Issues

The Indian Affairs Department reports.

The bill provides an additional staff person to the Indian Affairs Department to work primarily

on capital outlay issues with the Tribal entities. The staff person is to provide technical assis-

tance to Tribes on developing scopes of works, joint powers agreements, and it is also to coordi-

nate with tribal councils to get necessary approvals on capital outlay projects. In addition, the