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

SPONSOR Maestas

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/29/08

HB 461

SHORT TITLE Hispanic National Bar Association Conference

SB

ANALYST Propst

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$50.0

Non-recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 461, Making an Appropriation for the Hispanic National Bar Associations’ Annual

Convention in October 2009, appropriates $50.0 thousand from the general fund to DFA for the

purpose of the Hispanic National Bar Association conference.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $50.0 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

DFA notes that the Local Government Division has a reimbursement mechanism in place to

manage this appropriation. However, the state constitution anti-donation provisions prohibit

monies going directly to non-profit organizations. The appropriation would either flow through

the Local Government Division to an authorized fiscal agent of the state which would follow

standard procurement guidelines to award a contract for the purposes of the appropriation, or the

Local Government Division would have to administer the appropriation and ensuing

procurement and contract.

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