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

SPONSOR Pinto

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/31/2006

HB

SHORT TITLE Mckinley County I-40 Flood Mitigation

SJM

38

ANALYST Moser

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY06

FY07

FY08 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

$100.0

Non-

recurring State Road

Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Transportation(DOT)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Memorial 38 requests that the New Mexico Department of Transportation

(NMDOT) perform a drainage and access study at Interstate 40 in the east Hasler Valley Corri-

dor in McKinley County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

This bill does not commit nor appropriate any funding and therefore the DOT would have to per-

form the study internally or dedicate approximately $100,000 for the study. No additional fund-

ing or estimates would be available until the findings of the study and no funds have been identi-

fied for future costs.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The NMDOT indicates that The major issues pertaining to the bill are the following:

•

This bill requires that the DOT perform a study and provide results to McKinley County and

the Indian Affairs Committee by September 1, 2006.

Senate Joint Memorial 38 – Page 2

•

The site has access through NM 118 which is parallel to I-40 with interchanges on both east

and west sides of the valley which are approximately two (2) miles apart. Additional access

onto I-40 would require approval by the Federal Highway Administration under the interstate

access policy.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

OT would be responsible for managing and administering the study, thereby an administrative

impact to the agency.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

The consequences of not enacting this bill would defer any perceived problems or issues associ-

ated with flooding and the need for additional access at this location of Interstate 40.

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