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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lundstrom
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/22/06
HB 28
SHORT TITLE McKinley County Tourism Initiative
SB
ANALYST Earnest
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$85.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Tourism Department (TD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 28 appropriates $85 thousand from the general fund to the Tourism Department for
the purpose of promoting adventure tourism and providing hospitality training in McKinley
County, New Mexico.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $85 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general
fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall revert to the
general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Tourism Department supports any legislation that promotes tourism. The adventure travel
tourism market is a rapidly growing segment within the tourism industry.