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

SPONSOR Carraro

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/31/08

HB

SHORT TITLE

NM Tech to Mechanical Roadrunner

SM 40

ANALYST Shaya

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Memorial 40 designates the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology as the home

of the mechanical roadrunner, and that all resources necessary to accomplish this lofty goal be

appropriated for the college of engineering's use; and that copies of this memorial be transmitted

to the board of regents of New Mexico institute of mining and technology in lieu of the board of

directors of the Acme company.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

No Fiscal Impact

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

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The world-renowned Wile E. Coyote (road-runner digestus) has endeavored in countless

attempts to apprehend the roadrunner; and

•

The roadrunner (hot rodicus supersonica) is the state bird of the great state of New

Mexico; and

•

The hungry Wile E. Coyote continues to chase the roadrunner across southwestern

highways equipped with tools exclusively provided by the Acme corporation, which is

clearly not a New Mexico-based company; and

•

Although Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch and devour the noble roadrunner always fail,

they constitute an intolerable assault on a bird that is held dearly in the hearts and minds

of the people of this state; and

•

The New Mexico institute of mining and technology (smartius pantsius universitatus) is

famous throughout the world in engineering and science; and

•

The president of the university, Dr. Daniel H. Lopez (largus bossaloticus), always pulls

for the underdog, or under-coyote, in this case; and

•

The New Mexico institute of mining and technology is the perfect venue to design, test

and manufacture a mechanical roadrunner that will continue to evade this vicious,

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although perennially unsuccessful, predator, while at the same time sparing our state bird

from the indignities of constant harassment; and

•

Since cockfighting has been outlawed, these attacks on our state bird are no longer

culturally appropriate;

•

That this mechanical roadrunner must meet or exceed the demanding standards of the

New Mexico institute of mining and technology, while using only green or red chile as a

power source; and

•

That New Mexico institute of mining and technology students and faculty, confident in

their ability to test explosives, shall in one fell swoop accomplish what the misguided

coyote could not; and

•

That the New Mexico institute of mining and technology's admissions standards are too

high to accept the coyote for enrollment; and

•

that this is an endeavor worthy of affixing the great seal of the state of New Mexico.

RS/bb