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

SPONSOR Foley

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

3/08/2007

HM 83

SHORT TITLE FedEx, in Recognition

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 Memorial 83 recognizes and thanks FedEx for its support and investment in New Mexico

students and higher education in this state.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

House Memorial 83 states that the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program at Eastern New

Mexico University-Roswell has been in existence since 1968. More than 450 students have been

prepared through the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program to test for the federal aviation

administration airframe and powerplant mechanic certification. The Aviation Maintenance

Technology Program at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell is the only aviation

maintenance technology program in New Mexico approved by the Federal Aviation

Administration.

The University’s Aviation Maintenance Technology Program has received the certificate of

excellence “diamond award" from the Federal Aviation Administration for active participation in

the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aviation Technician Training Program and for the

University’s commitment to increasing aviation safety. The certification rate of Eastern New

Mexico University-Roswell students who pass their written exams and take their oral and

practical exams is one hundred percent and one hundred percent of Eastern New Mexico

University-Roswell’s aviation maintenance technology graduates are employed in the aviation

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industry, with students employed locally, in various New Mexico communities and throughout

the nation.

FedEx has determined that Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell is worthy of a donation of a

Boeing 727 aircraft to use as a training aid for students. The Boeing 727 aircraft will add to the

resources available to train aviation maintenance technology students and help to advance the

Aviation Maintenance Technology Program at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell and

positively impact the aviation industry in New Mexico. The Boeing 727 aircraft is being

decommissioned on March 8, 2007, and will be turned over to Eastern New Mexico University-

Roswell for the purpose of training future aircraft mechanics.

The House of Representatives of the State of New Mexico requests that FedEx be recognized

and thanked for its support and investment in New Mexico students and higher education in this

state.

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