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| SPONSOR: | Beam | DATE TYPED: | 01/30/01 | HB | 132 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | UNM Crisis Center | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Gilbert | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY01 | FY02 | FY01 | FY02 | ||
| $ 110.0 | Recurring | GF | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates/Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Commission for Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 132 appropriates $110.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the purpose of funding a UNM Agora Crisis Center.
Significant Issues
The UNM's Board of Regents funding priorities for 2001-2002 are as follows: first priority is compensation, the second priority includes seven items totaling $4.8 million in requested workload and base adjustments., the third priority group includes eleven items totaling $7.6 million in instruction and general enhancements, the fourth priority group includes $2.9 million to fund either new or the expansion of existing special projects.
The Agora Crisis Center is funded by the University of New Mexico. A request was not included in UNM's budget request to the UNM Board of Regents, and thus was not submitted by UNM to the Commission on Higher Education for review.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $110.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY02 shall revert to the general fund.
AMENDMENTS
The CHE suggests the following language for all new recurring higher education programs and expansion of current programs (assuming that funding will continue beyond 2001-2002):
"The institution receiving the appropriation in this bill shall submit a program evaluation to the Legislative Finance Committee and the Commission on Higher Education by August 2, 2004 detailing the benefits to the State of New Mexico from having this program implemented for a three-year period."
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