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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Trujillo
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/29/07
HB 474
SHORT TITLE Santa Fe Paper to Digital Document Conversion
SB
ANALYST Propst
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$300.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Making an Appropriation for Santa Fe County to Contract for Services to Convert Paper
Documents to Digital Documents
House Bill 474 appropriates $300.0 to the Local Government Division, Department of Finance
and Administration to reimburse Santa Fe County for contractual services to convert paper
documents to digital records.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $300.0 contained in this bill is a recurring 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 appropriation is to be used for older records only. Santa Fe County has records dating back
to 1840 that are currently stored in the basement of the county courthouse. The County proposes
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to develop an index filing system for the historical materials to preserve their integrity and for
quick reference. The Department of Finance and Administration reports that the volumes of data
in the present state pose a fire hazard and could be exposed to water damage.
WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL
Valuable historical documents could be lost to fire, water damage or other hazards.
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