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

SPONSOR Vigil

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-9-2006

HB 771

SHORT TITLE Luna Community College Mariachi Program

SB

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$20.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

New Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 771 appropriates twenty thousand dollars from the general fund to the New Mexico

Higher Education Department for the purpose of funding a mariachi pilot program at Luna

Community College.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of twenty thousand dollars 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.

House Bill 771– Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The appropriation seeks funding in order to initiate a start-up project that providing equipment,

uniforms, and musical instruments for a mariachi program.

This will be the basis for the start-up of a program similar to the successful local West Las Vegas

school district’s Mariachi Paisano. This band is well-known around the local community, and

provides entertainment statewide as well as nationally.

Currently, program goals include:

Create an environment that fosters personal growth and cultural awareness.

Prepare students for careers in music, business, or performance.

Provide student opportunities to perform and enhance the culture with mariachi music.

This proposal was not submitted to NMHED through research, public service, and special pro-

gram requests by LCC, and was not included in the Department’s funding recommendation for

fiscal year 2007.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

Appropriated funding is to be administered through New Mexico Higher Education De-

partment.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

The program would need alternate funding sources in order to initiate the program at this pro-

posed level.

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