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

SPONSOR Papen

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/30/06

HB

SHORT TITLE Pink Bollworm Control Program

SB 261

ANALYST Hoffmann

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$400.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates House Bill 265.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Agriculture (NMDA)

Higher Education Department (HED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 261 appropriates $400,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New

Mexico State University for expenditure for the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Pink

Bollworm Control Act (

Chapter 76, Article 6B, NMSA 1978)

.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $400,000 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.

Senate Bill 261 – Page 2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Funding for this proposal was not included in the agricultural program request from New Mexico

State University. It was funded in fiscal year 2006 at the amount of $42,800 from Chapter 34,

Laws of 2005 (Senate Bill 190). The Legislative Finance Committee funding recommendation

included this amount as a component of a block-grant appropriation for special project expan-

sion.

This was not included in the Executive budget.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

According the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, there will be a minimum cost impact of

$20,000 to administer this program.

DUPLICATION

House Bill 265 is a duplicate of this bill.

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