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

SPONSOR Ortiz y Pino

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-8-2007

HB

SHORT TITLE Bernalillo Native American Film Festival

SB 908

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$100.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Relates to SB375

Responses Received From

No Agency Responses as of 2-8-2007

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 908 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to department of Cultural

Affairs for the purpose supporting a multi-disciplinary Native American film festival. The

festival shall be held in Bernalillo County and is to include Native American films, guest

speakers, group dialogues, live storytelling and hands-on workshops.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100 thousand 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 General Fund.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

Cultural Affairs department will be responsible for administering this program.

Senate Bill 908 – Page

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RELATIONSHIP

Senate Bill 908 relates to Senate Bill 375. Senate Bill 375 appropriates $50 thousand in FY08

from the general fund to department of Cultural Affairs pay for an American Indian Arts summer

film and television workshop.

Enactment of the related Senate Bill 375 bill would provide training in the film and television

industry, including production and writing to Native Americans. For three years, the Institute of

American Indian Arts (IAIA) has collaborated with Disney-ABC Television Group Talent

Development Programs to present a summer television and film workshop program. Program

instructors from the film and television industry produce an 8-week curriculum on a variety of

areas including directing, production, acting, animation and screenwriting. In past years, the

workshop has been held at the IAIA campus in Santa Fe. It is unknown if there will be overlap

among these two initiatives.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

If this legislation is not enacted, a Bernalillo County Native American film festival would not

receive funding through the State General Fund.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

Would passage of this act possibility violate the anti-donation clause of the New Mexico

Constitution, Article IV., Section 31, Appropriations for Charitable, Educational, etc. purposes.

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