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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Irwin
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
01/23/08
HB 88
SHORT TITLE WNMU Instructional TV Needs
SB
ANALYST Escudero
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$118.6
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 88 appropriates $118.6 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of Western
New Mexico University for Instructional Television Needs.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $118.6 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the
general fund.
HED states that a request was submitted by WNMU in the amount of $244,735 to the New
Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED) for review. The Departments funding
recommendation for FY09 is a continuance of FY08 recurring funding in the amount of
$128,600.
The HED’s evaluation table of FY09 Research and Public Service Projects provided to the LFC
classifies this project as a “would not oppose if funding available" project. Reasons for this