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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/8/06

HB 815

SHORT TITLE Albuquerque Family Service Grants

SB

ANALYST Hoffmann

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$250.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

No duplicates or related bills.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Human Services Department (HSD)

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 815 appropriates $250,000 from the general fund for the City of Albuquerque’s De-

partment of Family and Community Service grants.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $250,000 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.

House Bill 815 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This line-item proposal was not included in the Executive budget recommendation or the LFC’s

appropriation recommendations.

The Department of Finance and Administration noted that it is not clear which program (youth

services, affordable housing, senior services, etc.) the funding is meant to support. Additionally,

the funding will most likely go to a non-profit organization and cannot pass through the Depart-

ment of Family and Community Services without an RFP process, which may be an administra-

tive burden.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

According to the Department of Finance and Administration’s Local Government Division, they

would administer the appropriation and have the staff and the knowledge to fund and monitor

this project.

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