Fiscal impact reports (FIRs) are prepared by the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) for standing finance
committees of the NM Legislature. The LFC does not assume responsibility for the accuracy of these reports
if they are used for other purposes.
Current FIRs (in HTML & Adobe PDF formats) are a vailable on the NM Legislative Website (legis.state.nm.us).
Adobe PDF versions include all attachments, whereas HTML versions may not. Previously issued FIRs and
attachments may be obtained from the LFC in Suite 101 of the State Capitol Building North.
F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Campos, J.A.
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1-21-06 HB 117
SHORT TITLE Fort Sumner Irrigation District Debt Payment
SB
ANALYST Woods
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$1,200.0
Non-Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Office of the State Engineer- Interstate Stream Commission (OSE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 117
makes an Appropriation to Pay the Debt of the Fort Sumner Irrigation District to the
Federal Bureau of Reclamation and
seeks to appropriate $$1,200,000 from the general fund
to the
Interstate Stream Commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to pay the outstanding debt of the Fort
Sumner Irrigation District to the Federal Bureau of Reclamation. Any unexpended or unencumbered bal-
ance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Office of the State Engineer- Interstate Stream Commission (OSE) indicates that even if Ft.
Sumner Irrigation District’s debt to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is retired, title and control of
the project will not revert to the Ft. Sumner Irrigation District except by an act of the U.S. Con-
gress. Further, while the project, and Ft. Sumner Irrigation District, would remain subject to the
same federal environmental mandates and constraints as currently exist, the change from federal
to state ownership could provide additional flexibility in meeting federal environmental man-
dates and protect the ability of New Mexico to maintain New Mexico’s control of its state wa-
ters.