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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Picraux
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/7/06
HB 727
SHORT TITLE
Expand UNM Manufacturing Engineering Pro-
gram
SB
ANALYST Hoffmann
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$280.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates SB183 and SB 283. Related to SB 415/SFCS. Relates to Appropriation in the General
Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Economic Development Department (EDD)
No Response From
Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 727 appropriates $280,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the Uni-
versity of New Mexico for expansion of their manufacturing engineering program.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $280,000 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.