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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

2/8/06

HB

SHORT TITLE

Las Vegas School Agricultural Science Project

SB 400

ANALYST Hoffmann

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$68.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Senate Bill 415.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

New Mexico State University (NMSU)

Higher Education Department (HED)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 400 appropriates $68,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New

Mexico State University to support an agricultural science education project at Memorial Middle

School in Las Vegas.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $68,000 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 400 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This request was not on the list of priority projects submitted by NMSU to the New Mexico

Higher Education Department (HED) for review and was not included in the Department’s fund-

ing recommendation for FY07.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

Senate Bill 415 appropriates $110,000 for the same purpose as this bill.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

According to the Higher Education Department the $68,000 would be used for one FTE and re-

lated fringe benefits to support an agricultural science education project at Memorial Middle

School in Las Vegas.

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