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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Garcia, T.
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/14/07
HB 1048
SHORT TITLE LCC Baseball Program
SB
ANALYST Leger
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$100.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to, HB 1047
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
New Mexico Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 1048 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to the New Mexico Higher
Education Department for the purpose of funding the Rough Riders baseball program at Luna
Community College.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general
fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the
general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Luna Community College (LCC) baseball team, the Rough Riders, currently has 37 mem-
bers. HED reports 29 games are scheduled between January 27, 2007 and May 6, 2007. Nine-
teen of these games are played out of state in various cities in Arizona, Colorado, and Texas.
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The remaining games are played in New Mexico.
It is unclear what the appropriation in HB 1048 will fund. HED states LCC did submit a funding
request to the department for review in the amount of $125 thousand. The request was not in-
cluded in HED’s funding recommendation for FY08.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
HED would be the administrator of the funds.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
HB 1047 appropriates $145 thousand to fund the softball program at Luna Community College.
JL/nt