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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/24/08

HB 332

SHORT TITLE Valencia County Anti-Gang Activities

SB

ANALYST Escudero

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$25.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 332 is an appropriation for Anti-Gang Activities of Law Enforcement Agencies in

Valencia County for $25.0 to the local government division of the Department of Finance and

Administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to support anti-gang activities of law

enforcement agencies operating in Valencia County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $25.0 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.

According to NMCD, if the bill lowers gang-related activity and crime (criminal convictions) in

Valencia county, it could lead to a minimal decrease in NMCD’s prison population and

probation/parole caseloads.

The contract/private prison annual cost of incarcerating an inmate is $25,455 per year for males.

The cost per client to house a female inmate at a privately operated facility is $25,805 per year.

Because state owned prisons are essentially at capacity, any net increase in inmate population

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will be housed at a contract/private facility.

The cost per client in Probation and Parole for a standard supervision program is $1,019 per year.

The cost per client in Intensive Supervision programs is $5,151 per year. The cost per client in

Community Corrections is $4,589 per year. The cost per client per year for male and female

residential Community Corrections programs is $25,593.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

According to NMCD any decrease in gang activity could reduce criminal activity and

convictions

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

Less crime could result in NMCD’s current staff being able to provide more effective or efficient

services to its prisoners and probationers/parolees.

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