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





SPONSOR: Pederson DATE TYPED: 03/05/99 HB HJM 83
SHORT TITLE: Metro Court System in Certain Counties SB
ANALYST: O'Connell


APPROPRIATION



Appropriation Contained
Estimated Additional Impact
Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY99 FY2000 FY99 FY2000
NFI NFI



(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)



Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to



SOURCES OF INFORMATION



LFC files



SUMMARY



Synopsis of Bill



House Joint Memorial 83 resolves that the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) be requested to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of establishing a metropolitan court system in Santa Fe County, Dona Ana County, Chaves County, McKinley County, Sandoval County, San Juan County and Valencia County.



Significant Issues



The memorial further resolves that the preliminary results of the AOC study be presented to LFC and an interim legislative committee with jurisdiction over judicial issues no later than October 31, 1999. Final results shall be presented to the aforementioned committees by October 31, 2000.



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