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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Martinez
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/15/08
HB 1
SHORT TITLE Feed Bill
SB
ANALYST Fernandez
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$5,898.2
Recurring
General Fund
$400.0
Nonrecurring
Cash Balance
$15,552.2
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 1 appropriates $21,850.4 from the general fund and cash balances to various legisla-
tive agencies for the purpose of funding operations of the 2008 legislative session and funding
for interim activities, including fiscal year 2009 operating budgets of the Legislative Council
Service, Legislative Finance Committee, Legislative Education Study Committee, and the House
and Senate chief clerk offices. Other appropriations include legislative interim expenses, session
preparation, statewide legislative internship program, expenses of the Senate Rules Committee
and legislative information system.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $5,898.2 contained in this bill for the legislative session is a recurring ex-
pense to the general fund. The appropriation of $400.0 contained in this bill for the extensible
markup language database is nonrecurring from cash balances.
The appropriations totaling $15,552.2 contained in this bill for legislative offices and other in-
terim expenses are a recurring expense to the general fund.