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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lundstrom
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/25/06
HB 312
SHORT TITLE Public Defender Dept. Gallup Office
SB
ANALYST McOlash
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$550.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
http://www.state.nm.us/nmpdd/dept_info.html
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 312 appropriates $550,000 from the General Fund to the Public Defender Department
for expenditure in FY 2007 to establish a satellite legal office in Gallup, including personal ser-
vices and benefits for staff attorneys and support staff and furniture and equipment.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $550,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balances remaining at the end of FY 2007 shall revert to the
General Fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Public Defender Department (PDD) web page indicates there is already a PDD social ser-
vice office in Gallup. The existence of this office and the impact on the establishment of “a satel-
lite office in Gallup” is unknown.
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