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

SPONSOR Komadina

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

8/16/08 HB

SHORT TITLE Sandoval County Flood Damage Repair

SB 11

ANALYST Kehoe

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY09

FY10

$25,000.0

Non-Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (website)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 11 appropriates $25 million from the general fund to the Local Government Division

of the Department of Finance and Administration for the purpose of flood damage repair and

flood control improvements by the South Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority in

Sandoval County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $25 million contained in this bill is a non-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 bill contains an emergency clause.

The Authority is statutorily authorized to levy and collect general ad valorem taxes on all

property subject to property taxation within its boundaries. The tax levy or rate for general

operations is limited to one mill ($1.00 for each $1,000) on the total net taxable value of property

subject to such taxation. The Authority may issue general obligation revenue bonds subject to

the electorate at a general or special election. The revenue is budgeted for operational and debt

service expenditures. Revenues and expenditures are subject to an independent audit and require

review by the New Mexico State Auditor.

Senate Bill 11 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The South Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority was legislatively established in

Laws of 1990, Section 72-19-1 through 72-19-103 as an independent corporate political body

with an elected board. The board of directors consists of five qualified electors to serve a six-

year term. The governor appoints members to unexpired terms until the next general election.

The board is empowered to undertake the acquisition, improvement, maintenance and operation

of flood and storm water control facilities on streams and watersheds which enter, originate or

cross the Authority’s facilities. The boundaries of the Authority are a portion of southern

Sandoval County bounded on the east by the Rio Grande, on the south by he Bernalillo and

Sandoval County lines, on the west by the top of the Rio Puerco drainage and on the north by the

top of the drainage that lies on the southern boundary of the Zia Indian reservation and State

Highway 44.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The construction of the sunset pond and Aldaba storm drain project, a component of the Black

Arroyo Watershed Management Plan for $2.6 million is currently underway. Projects recently

completed by the Authority include construction of a dam at the sportsplex and Obregon road

drainage at the Enchanted Hills Elementary School.

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