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

SPONSOR Cisneros

DATE TYPED 2/11/05

HB

SHORT TITLE Santo Domingo de Cundiyo Land Grant Survey

SB 635

ANALYST Hadwiger

APPROPRIATION

(in $000s)

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

$50.0

Non-Recurring General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

State Land Office

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 635 appropriates $50,000 to the Local Government Division of the Department of

Finance and Administration (DFA) in FY06 to survey boundaries and obtain clear title for the

common lands of the Santo Domingo de Cundiyo land grant.

Significant Issues

DFA indicated that SB635 follows up enactment in 2004 of the law giving local government

status to 22 land grants, including Cundiyo. Most if not all of these land grants will need bound-

ary and title work. Given the decades of inattention paid to lands held in common among land

grant members, uncertain boundaries and title for common lands are not unexpected. With land

grants' renewed powers and duties, addressing these basic legal issues of boundaries and title is

needed for Cundiyo to exercise its newly acquired local government powers.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $50,000 contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY06 would revert to

the general fund.

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