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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

1/31/07

2/24/07 HB 204/aHENRC

SHORT TITLE State Wildlife Management Areas Impact Study

SB

ANALYST Earnest

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$75.0 Non-recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Economic Development Department (EDD)

Department of Game and Fish (DGF)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of HENRC Amendment

The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (HENRC) amendment changes the

appropriation from the Economic Development Department to the New Mexico Department of

Agriculture.

Synopsis of Original Bill

House Bill 204 appropriates $75 thousand from the general fund to Economic Development

Department to conduct a study in cooperation with the Department of Game and Fish on the

economic impact of state wildlife management areas.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $75 thousand contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general

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

general fund.

House Bill 204/aHENRC– Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The purpose of the study is to determine the local economic impact of state wildlife areas owned,

leased, or otherwise subject to control by the state game commission (including community land

grants located adjacent to those areas); the income and expenses attributable to state wildlife

management areas; and the distribution of elk hunting privileges to persons owing land adjacent

to state wildlife management areas.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The bill requires cooperation between EDD and the Department of Game and Fish. EDD

indicates that it would hire a contractor to perform the study.

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