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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:

1/28/03

 

HB

210

 

SHORT TITLE:

Exempt New Mexico from Daylight Time

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Wilson

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

NFI

 

 

 

 

 

Duplicates SB 164

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC files

 

Responses Received From

Attorney General’s Office (AGO)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

SB 164 abolishes the observance of daylight savings time in New Mexico.

 

     Significant Issues

 

The State of New Mexico currently goes on daylight savings time in April and returns to mountain standard time in October.  With the exception of Arizona, the rest of the nation follows this changing of the clock. Every April New Mexico moves the clock forward one hour and therefore makes it lighter at the end of the day and darker in the early morning.  Several groups, especially those in the agriculture industry, find it difficult to change and live under daylight savings time. There is also the burden of changing all the clocks twice a year.  Other people prefer to have the light later in the evening and to be synchronized with the other 48 states.

 

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