HOUSE BILL 2
52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015
INTRODUCED BY
Larry A. Larrañaga
AN ACT
MAKING GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES BY STATE AGENCIES REQUIRED BY LAW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "General Appropriation Act of 2015".
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the General Appropriation Act of 2015:
A. "agency" means an office, department, agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, court, district attorney, council or committee of state government;
B. "efficiency" means the measure of the degree to which services are efficient and productive and is often expressed in terms of dollars or time per unit of output;
C. "explanatory" means information that can help users to understand reported performance measures and to evaluate the significance of underlying factors that may have affected the reported information;
D. "federal funds" means any payments by the United States government to state government or agencies, except those payments made in accordance with the federal Mineral Leasing Act;
E. "general fund" means that fund created by Section 6-4-2 NMSA 1978 and includes federal Mineral Leasing Act receipts and those payments made in accordance with the
federal block grant and the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 but excludes the general fund operating reserve, the appropriation contingency fund, the tax stabilization reserve and any other fund, reserve or account from which general appropriations are restricted by law;
F. "interagency transfers" means revenue, other than internal service funds, legally transferred from one agency to another;
G. "internal service funds" means:
(1) revenue transferred to an agency for the financing of goods or services to another agency on a cost-reimbursement basis; and
(2) balances in agency internal service fund accounts appropriated by the General Appropriation Act of 2015;
H. "other state funds" means:
(1) nonreverting balances in agency accounts, other than in internal service funds accounts, appropriated by the General Appropriation Act of 2015;
(2) all revenue available to agencies from sources other than the general fund, internal service funds, interagency transfers and federal funds; and
(3) all revenue, the use of which is restricted by statute or agreement;
I. "outcome" means the measure of the actual impact or public benefit of a program;
J. "output" means the measure of the volume of work completed or the level of actual services or products delivered by a program;
K. "performance measure" means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess a program;
L. "quality" means the measure of the quality of a good or service produced and is often an indicator of the timeliness, reliability or safety of services or products produced by a program;
M. "revenue" means all money received by an agency from sources external to that agency, net of refunds and other correcting transactions, other than from issue of debt,
liquidation of investments or as agent or trustee for other governmental entities or private persons; and
N. "target" means the expected level of performance of a program's performance measures.
SECTION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS.--
A. Amounts set out under column headings are expressed in thousands of dollars.
B. Amounts set out under column headings are appropriated from the source indicated by the column heading. All amounts set out under the column heading "Internal Service Funds/Interagency Transfers" are intergovernmental transfers and do not represent a portion of total state government appropriations. All information designated as "Total" or "Subtotal" is provided for information, and amounts are not appropriations.
C. Amounts set out in Section 4 of the General Appropriation Act of 2015, or so much as may be necessary, are appropriated from the indicated source for expenditure in fiscal year 2016 for the objects expressed.
D. Unexpended balances in agency accounts remaining at the end of fiscal year 2015 shall revert to the general fund by October 1, 2015, unless otherwise indicated in the General Appropriation Act of 2015 or otherwise provided by law.
E. Unexpended balances in agency accounts remaining at the end of fiscal year 2016 shall revert to the general fund by October 1, 2016, unless otherwise indicated in the General Appropriation Act of 2015 or otherwise provided by law.
F. The state budget division shall monitor revenue received by agencies from sources other than the general fund and shall reduce the operating budget of any agency whose revenue from such sources is not meeting projections. The state budget division shall notify the legislative finance committee of any operating budget reduced pursuant to this subsection.
G. Except as otherwise specifically stated in the General Appropriation Act of 2015, appropriations are made in that act for the expenditures of agencies and for other purposes as required by existing law for fiscal year 2016. If any other act of the first session of the fifty-second legislature changes existing law with regard to the name or responsibilities of an agency or the name or purpose of a fund or distribution, the appropriation made in the General Appropriation Act of 2015 shall be transferred from the agency, fund or distribution to which an appropriation had been made as required by existing law to the appropriate agency, fund or distribution provided by the new law.
H. Pursuant to Sections 6-3-23 through 6-3-25 NMSA 1978, agencies whose revenue from state board of finance loans, from revenue appropriated by other acts of the legislature, from any Native American tribe, pueblo or political subdivision pursuant to a contract, memorandum of understanding or joint powers agreement, or from gifts, grants, donations, bequests, insurance settlements, refunds or payments into revolving funds exceeds specifically appropriated amounts may request budget increases from the state budget division. If approved by the state budget division, such money is appropriated.
I. Except for gasoline credit cards used solely for operation of official vehicles, telephone credit cards used solely for official business and procurement cards used as authorized by Section 6-5-9.1 NMSA 1978, none of the appropriations contained in the General Appropriation Act of 2015 may be expended for payment of agency-issued credit card invoices.
J. To prevent unnecessary spending, expenditures from the General Appropriation Act of 2015 for gasoline for state-owned vehicles at public gasoline service stations shall be made only for self-service gasoline; provided that a state agency head may provide exceptions from the requirement to accommodate disabled persons or for other reasons the public interest may require.
K. For the purpose of administering the General Appropriation Act of 2015, the state shall follow the modified accrual basis of accounting for governmental funds in accordance with the manual of model accounting practices issued by the department of finance and administration.
SECTION 4. FISCAL YEAR 2016 APPROPRIATIONS.--
A. LEGISLATIVE.--Nineteen million six hundred fifty-four thousand dollars ($19,654,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative council service for allocation to legislative agencies in fiscal year 2016.
B. JUDICIAL.--Two hundred twenty-two million one hundred sixty-two thousand nine hundred dollars ($222,162,900) from the general fund, twenty-five million seven hundred eighty thousand dollars ($25,780,000) from other state funds, five million nine hundred eighty-four thousand six hundred dollars ($5,894,600) from internal service funds/interagency transfers and two million five hundred thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,532,500) from federal funds is appropriated to the administrative office of the courts for allocation to judicial agencies in fiscal year 2016.
C. GENERAL CONTROL.--One hundred eighty-three million one hundred seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars ($183,179,500) from the general fund, one billion four hundred sixteen million nine hundred forty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($1,416,947,700) from other state funds, fifty-four million two hundred twenty thousand nine hundred dollars ($54,220,900) from internal service funds/interagency transfers and twelve million eight hundred twenty-one thousand three hundred dollars ($12,821,300) from federal funds is appropriated to the department of finance and administration for allocation to general control agencies in fiscal year 2016.
D. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.--Fifty-four million one hundred twenty-two thousand dollars ($54,122,000) from the general fund, seventy-five million three hundred eight
thousand three hundred dollars ($75,308,300) from other state funds, twenty million nine hundred fifty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars ($20,959,900) from internal service
funds/interagency transfers and two million six hundred twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars ($2,624,500) from federal funds is appropriated to the department of finance and administration for allocation to commerce and industry agencies in fiscal year 2016.
E. AGRICULTURE, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.-- Sixty-eight million eight hundred three thousand six hundred dollars ($68,803,600) from the general fund, one hundred two million six hundred twenty-two thousand four hundred dollars ($102,622,400) from other state funds, twenty-six million five hundred eighty-two thousand eight hundred dollars ($26,582,800) from internal service funds/interagency transfers and thirty-four million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand four hundred dollars ($34,999,400) from federal funds is appropriated to the department of finance and administration for allocation to agriculture, energy and natural resources agencies in fiscal year 2016.
F. HEALTH, HOSPITALS AND HUMAN SERVICES.--One billion six hundred eighty-nine million eight hundred six thousand dollars ($1,689,806,000) from the general fund, three hundred twenty-five million one hundred fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($325,152,500) from other state funds, two hundred eighty-five million three hundred sixty-three
thousand two hundred dollars ($285,363,200) from internal service funds/interagency transfers and five billion seven hundred four million three hundred twelve thousand one hundred dollars ($5,704,312,100) from federal funds is appropriated to the department of finance and administration for allocation to health, hospitals and human services agencies in fiscal year
2016.
G. PUBLIC SAFETY.--Four hundred eighteen million five thousand six hundred dollars ($418,005,600) from the general fund, forty million three hundred fifty-three thousand seven hundred dollars ($40,353,700) from other state funds, thirteen million two hundred six thousand one hundred dollars ($13,206,100) from internal service funds/interagency transfers and seventy-one million three hundred seventy-two thousand nine hundred dollars ($71,372,900) from federal funds is appropriated to the department of finance and administration for allocation to public safety agencies in fiscal year 2016.
H. TRANSPORTATION.--Four hundred twenty-nine million one hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($429,121,500) from other state funds and four hundred eight million six hundred twelve thousand four hundred dollars ($408,612,400) from federal funds is appropriated to the department of finance and administration for allocation to
transportation agencies in fiscal year 2016.
I. OTHER EDUCATION.--One hundred twenty-eight million seven hundred fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($128,751,500) from the general fund, eleven million four hundred ninety thousand three hundred dollars ($11,490,300) from other state funds, thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) from internal service funds/interagency transfers and twenty-seven million nine hundred ninety-four thousand five hundred dollars ($27,994,500) from federal funds is appropriated to the department of finance and administration for allocation to other education agencies in fiscal year 2016.
J. HIGHER EDUCATION.--Eight hundred forty-six million six hundred one thousand three hundred dollars ($846,601,300) from the general fund, twenty-one million four
hundred forty-three thousand four hundred dollars ($21,443,400) from other state funds, forty-two million two hundred seventy-seven thousand three hundred dollars ($42,277,300) from internal service funds/interagency transfers and nine million seven hundred fourteen thousand five hundred dollars ($9,714,500) from federal funds is appropriated to the higher education department for expenditure or allocation to higher education agencies in fiscal year 2016.
K. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT.--Two billion six hundred fifty-four million seven hundred twelve thousand dollars ($2,654,712,000) from the general fund, three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) from other state funds and four hundred fourteen million two hundred two thousand three hundred dollars ($414,202,300) from federal funds is
appropriated to the public education department for expenditure or allocation to public school districts in fiscal year 2016.
L. COMPENSATION APPROPRIATIONS.--Four million dollars ($4,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2016 to implement phase two of the law enforcement pay plan for all commissioned officers in the department of public safety in accordance with the specific structure of the department of public safety's law enforcement pay plan based on years of service and officer rank.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of this act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.
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