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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Begaye
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/28/08
HB 320
SHORT TITLE Promote Native American Cultural Tourism
SB
ANALYST Earnest
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$150.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
NM Tourism Department (NMTD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 320 appropriates $150 thousand from the general fund to the Tourism Department to
promote Native American cultural tourism in Albuquerque.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $150 thousand 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.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
According to the Tourism Department (TD), the Indian Tourism Program has expanded its focus
from outreach and training in cultural tourism to promotion and advertising of all Indian tourism
attractions, including gaming, hospitality, entertainment and outdoor recreation, in an effort to
optimize the number of tours and amount of tourism revenue to the state and the tribes. The
department supports any legislation that promotes tourism and would increase the number of
tourists to the state.