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ORIGINAL DATE

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1/30/06

HB 362

SHORT TITLE Santa Fe Farmers’ Market

SB

ANALYST Earp

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$150.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Senate Bill 184 and House Bill 83

Duplicates Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

Department of Agriculture (DOA)

Department of Health(DOH)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 362 appropriates $150,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New

Mexico State University (NMSU) to support ongoing efforts by the New Mexico Department of

Agriculture (NMDA) to plan, establish programming for and continue to develop an adequate

revenue stream for the Santa Fe farmers’ market.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $150,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert

to the general fund.

House Bill 362 – Page

2

The sum of $80,800 was appropriated for this purpose in Chapter 34, Laws of 2005 (Senate Bill

190.) The Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) funding recommendation for fiscal year 2007

has included this amount as a component of a block-grant appropriation to NMSU for special

project expansion. The Executive has not recommended continued funding of this line-item ap-

propriation. Therefore, approval of the appropriation in this bill would result in the augmenta-

tion of the funding contained in HB 2 only if the LFC recommendation is adopted.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This request was not in the list of priority projects submitted by NMSU to the New Mexico

Higher Education Department (HED) for review and, therefore, was not included in the HED

fiscal year 2007 recommendations to the Legislature.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

NMSU has administered appropriations for this purpose in the past. No significant additional

administrative impact is apparent.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

This bill relates to Senate Bill 184 and House Bill 83. These are duplicate measures that appro-

priate $75,000 for promotion of farmers’ markets.

House Bill 362 also relates to Senate Bill 182 which proposes to appropriate $60,000 from the

general fund to the Department of Health for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to develop a Senior

Citizen Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program pilot project.

House Bill 362 also relates to multiple capital requests relating to the Santa Fe farmers’ market

site.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

Information provided through HED indicates that the mission of the Santa Fe farmers’ market is

to provide opportunities for farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers while providing

consumers opportunities to buy locally grown produce directly from farmers. By doing this, the

market increases the local food supply and production, and hopes to create, expand and enhance

the economic strength and viability of farmers in northern New Mexico, while also contributing

to the health and wealth of city residents. By promoting the economic possibility of farming, the

market aims to maintain farming practices for current farmers and their children. The market's

mission recognizes the environmental implications of farming and strives to maintain the re-

gional land and water base quality. The primary focus of the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market is to pro-

vide fresh, nutritious, locally grown products. It also offers a wide range of public services

through educational programs and seasonal events.

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