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

SPONSOR

Rainaldi

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/30/07

HB

SHORT TITLE

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District Attorney and Computer Technician

SB

462

ANALYST

C. Sanchez

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$8.5 Non-Recurring

General Fund

$152.4

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SB 421, 11

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District Pre-Trial Services Program

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

State Parole Board

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 462 provides for an appropriation from the general fund to the eleventh judicial

district court for FY 08 to hire a staff attorney and a computer technician for the eleventh judicial

district court in McKinley County. Any unexpended or encumbered balance remaining at the

end of FY 08 fiscal year shall revert to the general fund.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The bill contains sufficient funding for these positions. Total recurring costs would be $152,400

for salaries, benefits, office supplies, and operating costs.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This appropriation request is not part of the judiciary’s unified budget. The eleventh judicial

district court currently has one staff attorney and one information technology (IT) specialist to

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serve eight judges, one child support/domestic relations hearing officer, seventy-six additional

staff members at four different physical locations. Even though the staff attorney and the IT

specialist currently provide sufficient service to the judges and staff in Gallup, additional staff

would enhance the daily support provided to the judges and staff in Gallup.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The district court is participating in performance-based budgeting. Staff changes should improve

the approved output performance measures of the court.

COMPANIONSHIP

Senate Bill 421, 11

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District Pre-Trial Services Program

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

Senate Bill 462 and Senate Bill 421would increase the 11

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District Court’s budget by 6 percent.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Status quo.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

CS/csd