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

SPONSOR Lundstrom

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/16/2007

HJM 55

SHORT TITLE

Municipal Road Maintenance Task Force

SB

ANALYST Moser

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

NM Department of Transportation (NMDOT)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Joint Memorial

House Joint Memorial 55 requests the Governor to appoint a Municipal Road Maintenance Task

Force and designate the NMDOT to provide administrative support. The task force is to

investigate how maintaining and improving state highways within municipalities might be

equitably transferred to those municipalities rather than to the NMDOT. Requires a that report

be provided to the Governor and appropriate interim legislative committees by October 1, 2007.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

NMDOT advises that in the long term this bill will probably not impact the NMDOT directly

through the road fund, but will likely affect local government road funding. Since the bill creates

a joint task force, the immediate costs should be fairly minimal.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The NMDOT observes that most of the smaller local governments are currently experiencing

problems paying for traffic signal maintenance costs. Requiring that these governments look to

House Joint Memorial 55 – Page

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paying for maintenance of state roads will likely be problematic. However, in light of the fact

that this memorial simply requires the formation of a task force and the preparation of an

investigative report, hardship should not be an issue for the smaller local governments.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

Some jurisdictional boundaries will need to be established. NMDOT is prepared to provide the

necessary administrative support to the Municipal Road Maintenance Task Force in connection

with preparation of the required investigative report.

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