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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/30/2007

HB

SHORT TITLE Georgia O’Keefe Museum 10

th

Anniversary

SB 545

ANALYST Schuss

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$250.0 Non-Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

New Mexico Tourism Department (TD)

Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 545 appropriates $250,000 from the General Fund to the Tourism Department to

promote the tenth anniversary celebration of the Georgia O’Keefe Museum.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $250,000 contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the General

Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to

the General Fund.

The TD notes that no other funding is available for this purpose.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The TD states that Senate Bill 545 will not only benefit the city of Santa Fe and its tourism

industry partners but also the entire state. The celebration will draw people from all over the

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world with many cultural interests and have a great financial impact on all museums, both public

and private.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

According to the TD, Senate Bill 545 will have a positive impact on their performance,

increasing visitation to New Mexico. Specifically, Senate Bill 545 will help them meet

performance measures related to increased domestic tourism market share, percent change in

lodger’s tax and economic impact of tourism in the state of New Mexico.

The DCA notes that their understanding is the funds are intended to promote and advertise,

statewide and nationally, the following: the museum’s year-long 10

th

anniversary events,

including a concert by an internationally-recognized performing artist, a lecture by Justice Ruth

Bader Ginsburg, and a theatrical performance by Joan Allen of film and theater; exhibitions

organized by the museum that will travel outside of the state and will provide national exposure

of New Mexico’s cultural treasures; and a statewide community day celebration at which time

the museum will be free and open to the public.

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum – which is not a part of the State museum system as

administered by the DCA – will be celebrating its 10

th

anniversary during 2007 and New Mexico

as a whole could benefit from increased national and international attention for this popular

museum. The museum is an important economic driver through tourism, as well as an important

educational outreach tool.

It should be noted that when the O’Keeffe Museum opened in 1997, DCA’s state-run museums

in Santa Fe enjoyed sizeable increases in attendance.

CONFLICT

Senate Bill 545 conflicts with House Bill 150, which appropriates $250,000 to the Department of

Cultural Affairs for the same purpose.

The DCA believes that these funds were intended for the TD and that Senate Bill 545 corrects

HB 150 for this purpose.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

Will the TD accomplish this through the request of an RFP.

BS/csd