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

SPONSOR SRC

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

3-6-2007

HB

SHORT TITLE Fort Stanton Development Commission Members

SB 1148/SRCS

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

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Responses Received From

New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

The Senate Rules Committee substitute for Senate Bill 1148 carries no appropriation. The

committee substitute for Senate Bill 1148 amends Section 9-6-12 NMSA 1978, increasing the

membership of the Fort Stanton Development Commission from seven members to fifteen. The

bill adds the Secretaries of the Economic Development, Tourism, General Services, and Veterans

Services and Cultural Affairs departments to the Commission. SB1148/SRCS increases from 3

to 6 the number of at large Lincoln County resident commission members, and alters

appointment provisions to specify selection by the Lincoln County Commission instead of the

Governor. The substitute specifies that the Commission chair shall be a resident of Lincoln

County.

The Senate Rules Committee substitute for Senate Bill 1148 establishes a collaboration with the

Commission for a management and trusteeship scenario by the museum board of regents of the

museum of New Mexico, contingent on Fort Stanton’s eventual designation as State Monument.

The Commission would have no role in prescribing rules over that area designated a State

Monument, were this to occur.

Senate Bill 1148/SRCS – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Fort Stanton Development Commission is a state body administratively attached to the

Cultural Affairs department. Fort Stanton was established on May 4, 1855 to protect Hispanic

settlements along the Rio Bonito from Apache raids. It was decommissioned in 1896. Fort

Stanton later became America's first federal tuberculosis hospital and first German internment

camp during World War II. The Fort also served as home to Japanese interned during the war,

persons with mental and developmental disabilities, and State prisoners recovering from

substance abuse.

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