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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1-31-06

HB 393

SHORT TITLE Angel Fire Transit Program

SB

ANALYST Hadwiger

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$25.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 393 appropriates $25 thousand from the general fund to the Local Government Divi-

sion (LGD) of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) in FY07 to assist the Angel

Fire transit program.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $25 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 would revert to

the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DFA indicated funding from the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) for the Job Access and Reverse

Commute (JARC) grant program will be discontinued for the transportation service program for

the Village of Angel Fire. Job Access projects develop transportation services that connect wel-

fare recipients and other low income persons to jobs and other employment related services. The

funds that are available for this program will be expended by June 30, 2006. HB393 would re-

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store funding to keep in place the public transportation route for Mora. This route provides pub-

lic transportation to persons who are eligible for the Welfare-to-Work transportation service.

DFA also noted that, if funding is not appropriated, Angel Fire will not be able to provide ade-

quate public transportation to the community and surrounding areas. Specifically, this funding

would go towards continuing the Mora route. The route goes from Mora to Angel Fire and then

back to Mora. It provides public transportation to eligible participants who qualify under the

Welfare-to-Work Program.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

DFA can administer this appropriation with existing staff.

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