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

SPONSOR:	Hamilton		DATE TYPED:	01/23/02		HB	83
SHORT TITLE:		Grant County Public Transportation Services				SB
					ANALYST:		Valdes

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY02	FY03	FY02	FY03
	$90.0			Non-recurring	General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Senate Bill 159.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Highway and Transportation Department (SHTD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 83 appropriates $90.0 from the general fund to the State Highway and Transportation Department for the purpose of providing public transportation services in Grant County.

Significant Issues

Grant County has an existing memorandum of agreement in effect since FY01 with SHTD, Public Transportation Programs Bureau to provide transportation services through federal Department of Transportation Section 5311 funding. The federal funding allocation for FY03 is $186.7, however, Grant County must provide a $90.0 local match to obtain this funding. Grant County is experiencing severe financial problems due to a recession in the local economy caused by extractive industry mine closures and cannot fund the local match needed for this transportation grant. If the county cannot fund the match, transportation services will be severely impacted in fiscal year 2003. This appropriation is intended to provide temporary financial assistance to Grant County until they can identify an alternate local funding source for future year transportation system funding.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $90.0 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 2003 shall revert to the general fund.

CONFLICT/DUPLICATION/COMPANIONSHIP/RELATIONSHIP

House Bill 83 relates to Senate Bill 159 which provides a general fund appropriation to match federal funds for rural transportation systems in Grant, Luna and Hidalgo counties.

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