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

SPONSOR Madalena

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

HB 761

SHORT TITLE Indian Arts Institute Film and TV Workshop

SB

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$100.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SB 375

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Indian Affairs Department (IAD)

Cultural Affairs Department (CAD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 761 appropriates$100 thousand from the general fund to the Indian Affairs

Department to support the summer film and television workshop at the Institute of American

Indian Arts.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of Fiscal Year 2008 shall

revert to the general fund.

House Bill 761 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Indian Affairs Department contacted IAIA and reports the following.

The IAIA Summer Television and Film Workshop (“the Workshop") was founded in 2004 to

provide training for Native American filmmakers. The program teaches professional filmmaking

skills, including screenwriting, cinematography, and post-production skills. Students are

encouraged to investigate the unique historical and cultural legacy of Natives in film and develop

their own approach to expressing those issues.

IAIA is in a partnership with Disney-ABC Television Group, Talent Development Programs.

The Disney entity was a major funding source for the 2006 program, providing $75,000. Other

outside contributors and funding sources, including Time Warner and NBC Universal, provided

an additional $51,000.

IAIA is a congressionally chartered, accredited Tribal College located in Santa Fe. Its mission is

to provide art and museum training opportunities and education and outreach services to Indian

students, tribes and the public. There are 210 students enrolled this semester, including

representatives from each of New Mexico’s 22 tribes.

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According to IAIA, a $100,000 appropriation from the State of New Mexico would be used to

ensure continuity in leadership, to fund activities related to a new writing intensive and

filmmaking and production component of the Workshop, and to enable expansion of the

program.

MW/nt

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Information provided by IAIA and extracted from:

http://www.iaia.edu/index.php