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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Cervantes
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/23/2008
HB 143
SHORT TITLE NMSU National Security and Diplomacy Program SB
ANALYST Baca
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$300.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Department of Higher Education (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 143 appropriates $300,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New
Mexico State University (NMSU) for expenditure in FY09 to develop curricula for a national
security and diplomacy studies program.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $300,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY09 shall revert to the
general fund.
A request in the amount of $200,000 was submitted by New Mexico State University to the New
Mexico Higher Education Department for review, but is not included in the Department’s
executive funding recommendation for FY09.