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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Garcia
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/01/06
HB
SHORT TITLE
NMSU Minority & Women Faculty Recruitment
SB 101
ANALYST Moser
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$800
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
New Mexico State University (NMSU)
New Mexico Department of Higher Education (NMHED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 101, NMSU Minority & Women Faculty Recruitment, appropriates $800,000 from
the General Fund to the Board of Regents at New Mexico State University (NMSU) to recruit
and retain minority and women faculty.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall revert to the gen-
eral fund.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $800,000 contained in this bill is a RECURRING expense to the
GENERAL FUND. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of 2007
shall revert to the GENERAL FUND.
NMSU indicates that it seeks legislative funding to continue the development and maintenance
of an important program which is no longer being funded through the National Science Founda-
tion.