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

SPONSOR Papen

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/8/2007

HB

SHORT TITLE Expand NMSU Educational TV Services

SB 135

ANALYST McOlash

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$80.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SB 134, HB 417, and HB 418.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

New Mexico State University – KRWG

Higher Education Department (HED)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 135 appropriates $80,000 from the General Fund to the NMSU Regents for

expenditure in FY 2008 to expand NMSU educational television services.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $80,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2008 shall revert to the

General Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

New Mexico State University requested this funding to help ensure that KRWG is able to

function in an ever-increasing competitive environment. The appropriation will allow KRWG to

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maintain a strong local presence that allows the facility to operate as the only broadcast

television specifically serving Southern New Mexico. Providing the requested funds will help

ensure that news and public affairs programming and information will be available to these

communities.

This request was submitted by NMSU to the HED for review as additional funding of $80,000.

The Department’s funding recommendation for FY08 is a continuance of FY07 recurring

funding of $1,208,600, with no additional funding at this time.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

House Bill 418 (NMSU Educational TV Services) also appropriates $80,000 to NMSU for the

same purpose but is technically not a duplicate of SB 135 (Expand NMSU Educational TV

Services) because of the differences in titles.

Senate Bill 134/HB 417 appropriate $470,000 from the General Fund to NMSU to expand radio

and television local programming.

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