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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lujan, B.
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2-14-2007
HB 1177
SHORT TITLE Fray
Angélico Chávez
History Library
SB
ANALYST Dearing
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$350.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Senate Bill 1054
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
No agency responses received as of 2-14-2007.
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 1177 appropriates $350 thousand from the general fund to Cultural Affairs
department for the acquisition of materials for the Fray Angélico Chávez history library.
Materials to will include publishers’ archives, historical writings and recorded videotaped
interviews of New Mexico senior citizens.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $350 thousand contained in House Bill 1177 is a recurring expense to the
General Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall
revert to the General Fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library is the institutional successor of New Mexico's oldest
library (dated to 1851) and is part of the Palace of the Governors on the Santa Fe plaza. A non-