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

SPONSOR Griego

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/28/06

HB

SHORT TITLE Taos County Growth Management Plan

SB 566

ANALYST Hadwiger

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$55.0 Non-Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates HB151.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 566 appropriates $55 thousand from the general fund to the Local Government Divi-

sion of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) in FY07 for a growth management

plan for Taos County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $55 thousand contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 would revert to

the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DFA noted that this bill would add $55 thousand to a growth management plan already being put

together for Taos County through of a $50 thousand Community Development Block Grant

planning grant that DFA awarded the county in 2005. The intent of the 2005 grant is to imple-

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ment the county's 2004 comprehensive plan, including but not limited to map the County’s exist-

ing conditions, create a future land use scenario, identify future growth areas and their associated

infrastructure needs and costs, set community character guidelines to serve as the basis for future

zoning districts, and incorporate economic development strategies as outlined in the regional

comprehensive economic development strategy. Taos County anticipates the tasks outlined

above are beyond the budget provided by the CDBG grant and seeks legislative support to com-

plete all the tasks, according to DFA.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

DFA has adequate staff and resources to administer these funds.

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