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

SPONSOR Vigil, R.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/24/08

HB 297

SHORT TITLE

San Miguel Court Security & Probation Officer

SB

ANALYST C. Sanchez

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$45.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY08

FY09

FY10 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-

Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

Indeterminable

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House bill 297 appropriates $45,000 from the general fund to the administrative office of the

courts for a full-time court security and probation officer position with the San Miguel county

magistrate court. Unused funds shall revert at the end of FY 09.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

This appropriation should go to the County of San Miguel, not the administrative office of the

courts.

House Bill 297 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This appropriation request is not part of the judiciary’s unified budget. Forty-five thousand

dollars should be appropriated to the County of San Miguel to hire a deputy sheriff to be devoted

to the San Miguel County Magistrate Court.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The courts are participating in performance-based budgeting. It is unknown if enactment of this

bill will impact performance measures as they relate to judicial budgeting.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

Amend the bill so that the appropriation goes to San Miguel County to hire a deputy sheriff for

the San Miguel County Magistrate Court.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

San Miguel County will not receive a deputy sheriff devoted to their magistrate court.

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