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

SPONSOR Begaye

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/22/07

HB 101

SHORT TITLE

Tribal Infrastructure Legislative Oversight

SB

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

None

None

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Indian Affairs Department (IAD)

Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 101 requires that the legislative interim Indian Affairs Committee shall be briefed by

the board on grant and loan proposals submitted to the board and shall review, [the list of

]

monitor and provide assistance and advice concerning

grants and loans [made

] proposed

by the

board.

This language instructs the board to not make loans and grants prior to informing the Indian

Affairs Committee.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

There are no fiscal implications.

House Bill 101 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Indian Affairs Department contributes the following:

The 2005 Tribal Infrastructure Act (“Act") states that the policy of the State of New Mexico is to

improve the basic quality of life of residents within Indian County through the use of any means

available. The purpose of the Act is, in part, to enable the State to provide assistance to Indian

Tribes, Pueblos and Nations to develop basic residential services such as electrical service,

plumbing, sewer, potable water, telecommunications and related infrastructure.

The Act created a Tribal Infrastructure Board (“Board") comprised of state, tribal and federal

representatives. The Board adopted by-laws and established criteria for selection of tribal

infrastructure projects for funding. Based on the established criteria, the Board recommended

funding for 10 tribal infrastructure projects across the state from the $5 million appropriated in

FY07 for this purpose; such funded projects leveraged an additional $8.8 million. As part of the

selection process the Board presented the list of proposed projects to the Committee for their

review. This legislative oversight and process will remain the same for future years pursuant to

the Act, regardless of whether House Bill 101 is enacted.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The language seems to give the Indian Affairs Committee a more active role in decisions

affecting the Tribal Infrastructure Act. However, this more active role is implied but not fully

defined.

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