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

SPONSOR Ingle

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-8-06

HB

SHORT TITLE De Baca Courthouse Public Art Murals

SB 478

ANALYST

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$45.0

Recuring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

No response from Cultural Affairs Department (DCA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 478 appropriates $45.0 from the general fund to DCA to provide for conservation and

preservation services for four public art murals in the De Baca county courthouse.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

Senate Bill 478 appropriates $45.0 from the general fund and is recurring. Any unexpended or

unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert.

There is no funding in the HAFC/sub for the General Appropriation Act for this project.

ALTERNATIVES

These funds could be made a part of New Mexico Arts base budget for the Art in Public Places

Program (AIPP) to maintain and conserve all state owned historically significant artwork.

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