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

SPONSOR House Floor

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

3/04/07

HB 749/HFLS

SHORT TITLE Traditional Historic Community Qualifications

SB

ANALYST Baca

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Cultural Affairs Department (CAD)

Economic Development Department (EDD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Original Bill

House Floor Substitute for House Bill 749 amends the qualifications language in the Traditional

Historic Community Act (3-7-1.1) to:

•

expand the eligibility to include Class B an unincorporated county with a population

between twenty-six and thirty thousand, or populations between sixty (60) thousand and

sixty-five (65) thousand based on the 2000 decennial census; and

•

update the language by substituting the word voters

for the existing phrase registered

qualified voters

.

As revised the eligible counties added are Taos and Valencia. The existing statute applied only

to Santa Fe County.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The CAD comments that “the proposed amendment is more inclusive of the rural counties, with

lower populations and

Traditional Historic Communities, than originally defined in the

House Bill 749/HFLS – Page

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Traditional Historic Community Act (3-7-1.1). As development pressures on the cities of the

state fuel annexation of nearby unincorporated communities, small traditional communities want

to define themselves and have more control over the government funded or regulated programs

and projects within their boundaries. The proposed amendment recognizes the needs of the

traditional communities in counties with less population and makes them eligible for planning

activities described."

The CAD further comments: “The Traditional Historic Communities Act provides traditional,

unincorporated communities with a process for including stated community preservation

improvement goals within the county planning process."

CAD provides technical assistance is provided to these communities who want to avail

themselves of the opportunities offered through the Traditional Historic Communities Act.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

CAD reports that HB 749 conflicts with Traditional Historic Community (3-7-1.1.A1 and B.

NMSA 1978).

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

According to CAD, the County continues to act as the sub-division of the state that would

consult with the Historic Preservation Division on any public projects or programs within the

Traditional Historic Communities that affect cultural properties according to the Cultural

Properties Act (18-6-1 through 23, NMSA 1978), the Cultural Properties Protection Act (18-6A-

1 through 6, NMSA 1978), and the Prehistoric and Historic Sites Preservation Act (18-8-1

through 8, NMSA 1978).

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Only Santa Fe County will qualify under the provisions of act.

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