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

SPONSOR Pinto

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/24/07

HB

SHORT TITLE Tohatchi Youth Development Programs

SB 312

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$250.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Indian Affairs Department (IAD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 312 appropriates $250 thousand from the general fund to the Indian Affairs Department to

fund youth development programs, including the youth leadership project, at the Tohatchi, New Mexico

Chapter of the Navajo Nation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $250 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of Fiscal Year 2008 shall

revert to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Indian Affairs Department reports.

According to the Navajo Nation’s census data, Tohatchi, New Mexico has a population of 2,076.

A little over half of this population, or 1,163, are between the ages of 1-19. SB312 would benefit

the sizable population of young people in Tohatchi.

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