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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Rehm
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1-30-06
HB 551
SHORT TITLE Bernalillo Sheriff Community-Based Policing
SB
ANALYST Hadwiger
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$100.0
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 551 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to the Local Government Divi-
sion (LGD) of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) in FY07 to implement a
rapid response community-based policing program at the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s depart-
ment.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $100 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 noted that HB551 would implement Rapid Response Community-Based Policing at the
Bernalillo County Sheriff's department (BSO). It benefits the department by providing more ef-
ficient and effective use of department resources, a way to be more responsive to the community,
better intelligence about criminals, better communications with neighborhoods and local com-
munities, and more community support for BSO programs.