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

SPONSOR Stapleton

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/22/2008

1/23/2008 HB 103

SHORT TITLE

Appropriation for Charlie Morrisey Children’s Theater

Program

SB

ANALYST Leger

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$32.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

New Mexico State Fair Commission/Expo NM (NMSFC)

African Performing Arts Center (AAPAC)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 103 appropriates $32 thousand from the general fund to the New Mexico State Fair

Commission for the Charlie Morrisey Children’s Theater Program at the African American

Performing Arts Center.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $32 thousand contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY09 shall revert to the

general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The African American Performing Arts Center (AAPAC) is located on the New Mexico state fair

grounds; opening its doors to the public June 2007. The mission of the AAPAC is to utilize the

sciences and the humanities to research, preserve and nurture the intellectual and cultural

histories of African American in New Mexico and the Southwest.

House Bill 103 – Page

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The Charlie Morrisey Children’s Theater Program is an out of school educational experience for

children to become familiar with theater performances, activities involved in theater production,

and theatrical instruction to youth. Funding would also be used to purchase portable equipment

that would enable the program to put on performances in the AAPAC and communities

throughout the state. Supplies and costumes to improve the quality and appearance of theatrical

productions would also be purchased.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The funds appropriated in HB 103 will be budgeted and administered along with the general

fund appropriated for the operation of the AAPAC. The New Mexico State Fair Commission

(SFC) is an enterprise agency, thus generating revenue for operations. SFC does not receive

general fund money for their operations only for the operations of the AAPAC.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The African American Performing Arts Center & Exhibit Hall promotes scholastic, dramatic,

visual arts and technological programs and projects which advance the research, the preservation

and the nurturing of the intellectual and cultural histories of African Americas in New Mexico

and the Southwest.

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