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

SPONSOR Rodella

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-6-06

HB 676

SHORT TITLE

LA PETACA-AREA COMMON LANDS

INVENTORY

SB

ANALYST Hadwiger

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$100.0 Non-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 676 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to the Local Government Divi-

sion (LGD) of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) in FY07 for Rio Arriba

county to inventory, survey and clear title to vacant unclaimed lands in the La Petaca area.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the gen-

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

to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DFA indicated that the funds, if appropriated, will assist the La Petaca land grant area in collabo-

ration with Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in conducting a survey and

clearing title of unclaimed lands in the village La Petaca. DFA added that La Petaca is a political

subdivision in Chapter 49 of the land grants. The village of La Petaca will conduct a feasibility

study of the area, surveying, accessing inventory and clearing titles in the area. The county is

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seeking information for the types of private and non-private areas of the land. The plan is to de-

velop a housing area for La Petaca. HUD will conduct and collaborate on the master plan for

this project. This land and housing will be made available to any member of La Petaca.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

DFA indicated LGD/DFA and La Petaca land grant will enter into a grant agreement for services

for Rio Arriba County to inventory, survey and clear title to vacant unclaimed lands in the La

Petaca area. Otherwise, Rio Arriba County would be the administrative contact, however cur-

rently La Petaca and Rio Arriba County do not have a working relationship for this project. The

project will be assigned to a project manager in the Community Development Bureau.

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