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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Irwin
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/2/2007
HB 768
SHORT TITLE NM Tech Convicted Drug Dealer Database
SB
ANALYST McOlash
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$616.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Conflicts with SB 700.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 768 appropriates $616,000 from the General Fund to the Regents of NM Tech for
expenditure in FY 2008 to pay the Materials Research and Testing Center to develop a database
on the location of convicted drug dealers and methamphetamine laboratories.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $616,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2008 shall revert to the
General Fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
House Bill 768 appropriates $616,000 to NM Tech’s Materials Research and Testing Center for
the database. Senate Bill 700 appropriates the same amount to the “Materials Research and
Testing Center" at NMSU. There is an Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center at NM
Tech. A search of the NMSU web site for Materials Research and Testing Center directs the
viewer to NM Tech.