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

SPONSOR Carraro

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/22/07

HB

SHORT TITLE Half-Staff NM Flags at Government Offices

SB SJM 53

ANALYST Guambaņa, A.

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

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SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Memorial 53 requests that all New Mexico State flags be flown at half-staff outside

of state, county, and municipal offices in honor of our fighting men and women overseas and that

they remain at half-staff until there is a declaration of a just peace.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Senate Joint Memorial 53 states that:

The United States has waged the war on terror for nearly five and one-half years;

In the course of this war, members of the U.S. armed forces have served throughout the world in

many countries, including those 20,000 armed forces currently serving in Afghanistan;

The U.S. has been engaged within Iraq for nearly four years, and 135,000 armed forces are cur-

rently serving in Iraq;

The President plans to deploy 21,500 additional infantry personnel to Iraq within the next few

months; and

These men and women are serving with honor and bravery and are directing their efforts toward

peace in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This memorial additionally requests that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the governor.

AG/nt