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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

02/19/07

HB 1134

SHORT TITLE Tribal College Cultural Tourism Workshops

SB

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$50.0

Recurring

General

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Tourism Department (TD)

Indian Affairs Department (IAD)

No Response Received From

Economic Development Department (EDD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1134 appropriates $50 thousand from the general fund to the Indian Affairs

Department for the purpose of supporting Cultural Tourism workshops, including Indian

tourism, at a tribal college in Santa Fe.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $50 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 1134 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

NMTD’s reports the Indian Tourism Program has expanded its focus from outreach and training

in cultural tourism to promotion and advertising of all Indian tourism attractions, including

gaming, hospitality, entertainment and outdoor recreation, in an effort to optimize the number of

tours and amount of tourism revenue to the state and the tribes. The bill will increase the number

of training opportunities in the area cultural tourism, including Indian tourism.

The Indian Affairs Department adds that The Institute of American Indian Arts (“IAIA"), as the

only tribal college located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Native American tourism generates millions of dollars for New Mexico. According to the New

Mexico Indian Reservation Economic Study Group, total visitor spending in New Mexico

averages $2.14 billion per year; of that amount roughly 13.4% or $286.2 million of that spending

is attributable to visitors motivated by New Mexico’s “Indian Culture." This amount reveals the

importance of Indian attributable tourism as a positive economic factor to the entire state of New

Mexico’s economy and employment.

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