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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Arnold-Jones
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/31/07
HB 656
SHORT TITLE Albuquerque Police Comprehensive Info System
SB
ANALYST Propst
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$3,000.0
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
House Bill 656 appropriates $3,000.0 from the General Fund to the Local Government Division
of the Department of Finance to provide the Albuquerque Police Department with computer
software and hardware for the comprehensive information system.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $3,000.0 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
DFA reports that APD has been attempting to upgrade their current information system but has
experienced difficulty in the transfer of data from one platform to another. As a result, APD
began their CAD/RMS Integration Project that includes five initiatives to be completed over a
five year timeframe at an estimated cost of $29.7 million. The first of the five initiatives is the
Comprehensive Information System with an estimated cost of $9.6 million. Completion of all