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

SPONSOR Campos

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/29/08

HB

SHORT TITLE

Declaring January 30, 2008

"San Miguel County Day"

SJM 37

ANALYST Shaya

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Memorial 74 requests the declaration of Wednesday, January 30, 2008 as “San Miguel

County Day" at the New Mexico Legislature.

Senate Memorial 74 provides the following statements:

•

San Miguel county was established as one of the original counties in New Mexico in

1852; and

•

In the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century, San

Miguel county was the mercantile hub of New Mexico, attracting trade and commerce

from throughout the southwest and providing a vibrant economy for northeastern New

Mexico; and

•

San Miguel county has always been the parent political subdivision of a thriving

educational and economic base in the area, including the city of Las Vegas, the village of

Pecos, New Mexico highlands university, three public school systems and the Las Vegas

medical center; and

•

In recent years, the San Miguel county government has made significant strides in

providing services to the citizens of the county and in improving the capital assets of the

county, including the construction of a detention center, a public health office and a

judicial complex; and

•

For many decades, San Miguel county has been known as "El Condado Imperial", due to

the active participation of its citizens in political and governmental affairs;

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Wednesday, January 30, 2008, will not be set aside as “San Miguel County Day" at the New

Mexico Legislature.

RS/mt