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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Tyler
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/7/2007
HB 552
SHORT TITLE Southeastern NM Law Academy Room & Board
SB
ANALYST McOlash
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$50.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to SB 550.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 552 appropriates $50,000 from the General Fund to HED for expenditure in FY 2008
to help defray the expenses of New Mexico Junior College (NMJC) for the cost of room and
board for the Southeastern New Mexico Law Enforcement Training Academy (SNMLETA).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $50,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2008 shall revert to the
General Fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Southeastern New Mexico Law Enforcement Training Academy serves a specific purpose
for the public safety agencies in the state. The agencies sponsor cadets to come to NMJC and
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stay at the dorms. The 20-week hands-on course is for cadets to learn essential life-saving skills
(i.e. shooting, driving, defensive tactics, etc.). This bill is to help offset room and board for law
enforcement agencies to send cadets to the Academy for their program, and to get these students
into the pipeline for advanced learning opportunities.
This request was not submitted by NMJC to the HED for review and is not included in the
Department’s funding recommendation for FY08.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The Higher Education Department will be the administrator for these funds involving receipt,
disbursement, and tracking to NMJC on behalf of the Southeastern New Mexico Law
Enforcement Training Academy.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
Senate Bill 550 also appropriates $50,000 in the same manner for the same purpose. The bills,
however, are not duplicates.
ALTERNATIVES
A direct appropriation to NMJC might be preferable.
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