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

SPONSOR Ortiz y Pino

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/9/06

HB

SHORT TITLE UNM Claro Latin American Resources Center

SB 644

ANALYST Hoffmann

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$25.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

No Duplicates.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 644 appropriates $25,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the Uni-

versity of New Mexico to support the Center for Latin American Resources and for Outreach

(CLARO) and for intercultural projects in Albuquerque.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $25,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert

to the general fund.

Senate Bill 644 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This request was not on the list of priority projects submitted by UNM to the NM Higher Educa-

tion Department for review and was not included in the Department’s funding recommendation

for FY07.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

According to the Higher Education Department, CLARO is the educational and community out-

reach unit of the Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico. CLARO

strives to provide high quality educational and cultural programs to educators, professionals, and

communities in the State of New Mexico.

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