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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

1/18/2007

HB HJM 3

SHORT TITLE Financial Burden of Being A Border State

SB

ANALYST Schuss

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Joint Memorial 3 requests that the federal government provide greater funding and

assistance to the state of New Mexico to offset the disproportionate financial cost of being a

border state.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Federal laws mandate that each border state provide certain services, such as emergency health

care and education, to all persons living in the state, whether they are United States citizens or

not. The cost that border states incur due to these federal mandates is in disproportionate

amounts. The cost of providing law enforcement services in the border regions is increasing due

to immigration issues. New Mexico bears a disproportionate financial burden of its location as a

border state.

The United States congress is urged to provide greater funding to New Mexico to offset the

additional demands placed on this state by virtue of its status as a border state.

BS/csd