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

SPONSOR Salazar

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

02/14/06

HJM 14

SHORT TITLE

SAN JUAN PUEBLO NAME CHANGE TO

OHKAY OWINGEH

SB

ANALYST Weber

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Indian Affairs Department(IAD)

NM Department of Transportation (NMDOT)

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY06

FY07

FY08 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

$3.0

Non-

recurring

General

Fund

SUMMARY

House Joint Memorial 14 acknowledges the name change of the Pueblo of San Juan to Ohkay

Owingeh and the efforts of Governor Joe Garcia to restore the community’s true tribal name;

directs the state to change highway and road signs, maps and other public documents to reflect

the name change; and requests the U.S. Department of Interior to acknowledge the name change.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

While there are no direct costs involved with a name change itself, expenditures would be

required to change road signs, maps and other documents. The NM Department of

Transportation estimates this amount as $3 thousand non-recurring general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Indian Affairs Department contributed the following:

On December 14, 2005, Governor Richardson issued a proclamation recognizing the name

change from San Juan Pueblo to its traditional and true name, Ohkay Owingeh. He also directed

that all official publications and records of the State of New Mexico be changed to reflect the

name change. Further, he instructed all state agencies and offices to use the name Ohkay

Owingeh in all official documents and records beginning December 19, 2005.

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