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

SPONSOR Campos

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1-18-2007

HB 39

SHORT TITLE Bosque Redondo Memorial

SB

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$870.0 Nonrecurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD)

Cultural Affairs Department (CAD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 39 appropriates $870 thousand from the general fund to department of Cultural

Affairs for the purpose of completing the second phase of construction at the Bosque Redondo

memorial project at Fort Sumner.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $870 thousand contained in this bill is a nonrecurring expense to the

general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall

revert to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Bosque Redondo represents the location of a significant historical event occurring during the

territorial era of New Mexico. The Memorial to the Navajo and Mescalero Apache internment at

House Bill 39 – Page

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Fort Sumner State Monument was dedicated on June 4, 2005. The project was appropriated a

preliminary $450 thousand for construction and planning, design and improvements at the

memorial and park at Fort Stanton in House Bill 622 during the 2006 legislative session.

Completion of construction for this project has the potential to increase both attendance and

attendance revenue.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

If House Bill 39 is not enacted, Phase II of construction at the Bosque Redondo memorial project

at Fort Sumner would not be funded through a direct general fund appropriation in FY08. If the

project remains unfunded in the current year, there is a potential for escalating costs due to

inflation in associated materials and labor.

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