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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR King
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2-7-06
2-10-06 HB 751/aHCPAC
SHORT TITLE State Historian’s Fellowship Program
SB
ANALYST Segura
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
Cultural Affairs Department (DCA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HCPAC Amendment
The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee amended House Bill 751. The amendment
strikes “cultural affairs department and inserts “state records center and archives”. The amend-
ment does not change the original intent of the bill.
Synopsis of Original Bill
House Bill 751 appropriates $25.0 from the general fund to DCA to fund the state historian’s fel-
lowship program for research in the state archives.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
House Bill 751 appropriates $25.0 from general fund and is recurring. Any unexpended or unen-
cumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.