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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Payne
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/3/06
HB
SHORT TITLE USS New Mexico Ceremonies
SB 331
ANALYST Earnest
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$100.0 Non-Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates House Bill 407.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Tourism Department (TD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 331 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to the Tourism Department to
sponsor and support the USS New Mexico at milestone ceremonies during construction and
commissioning.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the gen-
eral fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007
shall revert to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The USS New Mexico Committee, chaired by Dick Brown, indicates the submarine is only 18%
complete and will require several more years of construction before joining the Navy’s fleet.
The USS New Mexico, a Virginia-class submarine, is scheduled for delivery in 2010. It is the