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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Cisneros
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/23/07
HB
SHORT TITLE
Making an Appropriation for Acequia Governance
Education, Training and Technical Assistance
SB 33
ANALYST Wayne Propst
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$500.0
Non-recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Office of the State Engineer
Responses Received From
Office of the State Engineer
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Making an Appropriation for Acequia Governance Education, Training and Technical
Assistance. Senate Bill 33 would appropriate $500,000 from the general fund to the Local
Government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for expenditure in FY08
for acequia governance education, training, and technical assistance. Any unexpended or
unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 would revert to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Office of State Engineer reports there are no significant issues related to this bill. OSE/ISC
staff currently provide assistance to acequias and community ditches when requested regarding
the adoption and implementation of bylaws, rules, regulations, and technical issues.
Additional assistance available to acequias as the result of this bill in governance education and
technical assistance in preparing by-laws, obtaining tax identification numbers, and preparing a
scope of work for spending funds would expedite the ISC Acequia Program process.