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

SPONSOR Kernan

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/1/07

HB

SHORT TITLE LEA COUNTY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

SB 658

ANALYST Propst

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$980.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 658 appropriates $989.0 to provide aerial photography for geographic information

systems for Lea County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $980.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the Gen-

eral Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DFA commented that a statewide fly-over funded by a combination of local, state, and federal

funding was done in 2005. The goal is to do the entire state every five years. DFA reports that

the bill's appropriation of $980.0 is excessive and that it could be done for less than $100.0. Ac-

cording to DFA, the last statewide aerial fly-over cost $3.5 million for the entire state.

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