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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1-31-06

HB 349

SHORT TITLE LAS VEGAS SPORTS ACTIVITIES

SB

ANALYST Hadwiger

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$70.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 349 appropriates $70 thousand from the general fund to the Local Government Divi-

sion (LGD) of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) in FY07 for sports activi-

ties for the City of Las Vegas and West Las Vegas and Las Vegas city public school districts

utilizing school and community members.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $70 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 would revert to

the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

According to DFA, this appropriation will assist in upgrading the safety environment for the city

youth program in collaboration with the two public schools and the community. The main focus

is to upgrade safety equipment for the Young American Football League (YAFL). Currently, the

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recreation department has a limited supply on safety equipment for this program, in which the

city is forced to limit the number of participants. The city would like to upgrade all safety

equipment for all their programs.

The Public Education Department highlighted the following benefits from increased support for

youth athletics:

•

Poor nutrition and physical inactivity increase the chances of children being at risk of be-

ing overweight or obese, both of which are risk factors for chronic diseases like asthma,

diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea, etc.

•

Kids who aren’t physically active are more likely to become overweight or obese

•

Since the 1970s the prevalence of overweight among children has doubled for children

ages 2-5 and 12-19, and tripled for children 6-11

•

Regular physical activity, even at moderate levels, is associated with lower mortality

rates and reduces the chances of developing chronic diseases. Increasing physical ac-

tivity will increase levels of physical fitness, and higher levels of physical fitness are as-

sociated with improved academic performance

•

The West Las Vegas and Las Vegas City Schools did not make AYP for school year ’05-

’06

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

PED noted that increased and improved sport activities may increase physical activity, reduce

chronic health risks and improve academic performance.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

LGD/DFA and the city of Las Vegas will enter into a grant agreement rendering services speci-

fied in this bill. The project will be assigned to a project manager in the Community Develop-

ment Bureau.

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