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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/12/07

HB 799

SHORT TITLE Law Enforcement Academy Instructor Salaries

SB

ANALYST Peery-Galon

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NA

$62.1

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Response Received From

Department of Public Safety (DPS)

No Response Received From

State Personnel Office

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 799 appropriates $62,108 from the general fund to the Department of Public Safety

for the purpose of providing an average 15 percent salary increase for Law Enforcement

Academy instructors.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $62,108 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.

The appropriation is to fund salary increase which is a recurring expense to the base budget of

the Department of Public Safety.

House Bill 799 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DPS states the department would support a salary increase consistent with similar market

classifications.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The Training and Recruiting Division’s mission statement is to establish rules, policies,

qualifications and standards for the employment certification and training of law enforcement

officers and telecommunicators; research, develop and provide basic and advanced courses of

instruction; and ensure compliance with the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board

rules.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

The proposed legislation has a relationship to House Bill 703 regarding the Department of Public

Safety’s Training and Recruiting Division’s powers and duties.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

In 1987, the former New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy became the Training and

Recruiting Division, now one of six divisions in the Department of Public Safety. The Training

and Recruiting Division has 20 full-time employees who are dedicated to fulfilling the division’s

mission. The training academy is organized into three training bureaus: basic training bureau,

advanced training bureau and critical incident response training bureau.

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