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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Trujillo
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1-30-06
HB 256
SHORT TITLE Statewide Educational Arts Programs
SB
ANALYST Segura
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$200.0
Recurring
General Fund
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)
SUMMARY
House Bill 256 appropriates from the general fund to DCA to fund a statewide educational art
outreach programs, to maintain and conserve artwork collections and to develop public activities
aimed at raising national and international awareness of New Mexico’s importance to the art
world.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
House Bill 256 appropriates $200.0 from the general fund and is recurring. Any unexpended or
unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall revert to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
According to DCA, House Bill 256 stipulates that these art-related programs and activities will
be conducted through a museum located in Santa Fe that is primarily dedicated to a female artist
of the twentieth century. It appears that the proposed bill is specifying the Georgia O’Keeffe Mu-
seum for these programs.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS