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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

1/26/06

1/31/06 HM 2/aHGUAC

SHORT TITLE Study Disaster Evacuation of Pets

SB

ANALYST Peery

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

No Responses Received From

Department of Public Safety (DPS)

Governor’s Office/Homeland Security (GHS)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of HGUAC Amendment

The House Government and Urban Affairs Committee amendment for House Memorial 2 add

the following language on page two, between lines six and seven: “BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED that the department of public safety report to the appropriate legislative interim

committee by October 15, 2006 on the guidelines it has issued and how those guidelines are be-

ing implemented by local government; and”.

Synopsis of Bill

House Memorial 2 requests the Department of Public Safety develop guidelines that can be used

by local governments for evacuation planning in order to ensure the New Mexicans are not

placed at greater personal risk for their unwillingness to abandon their domestic pets.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The costs of the developing guidelines for local governments for evacuation planning should be

minimal to the Department of Public Safety. Section 12-10-1 through 12-10-13 NMSA 1978 is

the “State Civil Emergency Preparedness Act”. One of the purposes of the act is to provide a

House Memorial 2/aHGUAC – Page

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civil emergency preparedness plan for the protection of life and property adequate to cope with

disasters resulting from acts of war or sabotage or from natural or man-made causes other than

acts of war.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The governing bodies of the political subdivisions of the state are responsible for the civil emer-

gency preparedness of their respective jurisdictions. Each political subdivision is authorized to

establish, by ordinance or resolution, a local office of civil emergency preparedness as an agency

of the local government. Every local coordinator of civil emergency preparedness is appointed

by the governing body, subject to the approval of the state director. The Department of Public

Safety’s Emergency Planning and Coordination Bureau chief directs and coordinates the civil

emergency preparedness activities of all state departments, agencies and political subdivisions.

Currently, the Department of Public Safety’s Office of Emergency Management program has

only one all-hazards emergency plan to address disasters in New Mexico. A need exists to de-

velop specific emergency disaster plans addressing fires, flooding, bomb explosions, etc.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The Department of Public Safety would have to assign staff to the developing of guidelines that

can be used by local governments for evacuation planning.

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