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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Taylor
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/29/08
HB
SHORT TITLE NMSU Food Service Program
SB 301
ANALYST Haug
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$85.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Higher Education Department (HED)
New Mexico State University (NMSU)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 301 appropriates $85.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New
Mexico State University to support the New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s Food Service
Program.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $85.0 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.
The HED states that this request was submitted by NMSU to the New Mexico Higher Education
Department for review and is not included in the Department’s funding recommendation for
FY09.
The HED’s evaluation table of FY09 Research and Public Service Projects provided to the LFC
classifies this project as a “would not oppose if funding available" project. Reasons for this
classification decision are not provided. (LFC Report 07-20, Higher Education Department
Review of Selected Research and Public Service Projects, January 12, 2008, Table 4, p75.)