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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
1-24-07
HB 397
SHORT TITLE Estancia Basin Water Planning Committee
SB
ANALYST Woods
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
$189.0
Non-Recurring
General
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates Senate Bill 292
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Office of the State Engineer (OSE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 292 seeks to appropriate $189,000 from the general fund to the Interstate Stream
Commission (ISC) for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 for the Estancia basin water planning
committee to update the regional water plan, conduct a sub-basin study, perform an educational
campaign and hire technical assistance, including a hydrologist. Any unexpended or
unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
OSE indicates that enactment of this bill will likely have minimal fiscal impact on the OSE/ISC.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
OSE suggests that enactment of this bill will require ISC staff to administer the appropriation,
and to assist the Estancia Basin Water Planning Committee in accessing the appropriated money
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for its intended purposes. The amount of staff time that will be required to administer this
appropriation is uncertain, but it has the potential to affect other duties of the ISC water planning
staff.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
This bill is a duplicate of Senate Bill 292.
WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL
OSE states that the Estancia Basin Water Planning Committee will not receive the funding
needed to update its regional water plan in one of the fastest growing areas of the state, and
where the underlying aquifer is being rapidly depleted.
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