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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Rodella
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2-19-07
HB 1111
SHORT TITLE Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps
SB
ANALYST Woods
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
$150.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 1111 seeks to appropriate $150,000 from the general fund to the New Mexico Youth
Conservation Corps fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 for a grant to the Chimayo Youth
Conservation Corps to establish the water restoration action strategies to manage the upper
Chimayo watershed. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal
year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is administratively attached to the Energy, Minerals and
Natural Resources Department (EMNRD).
As background, EMNRD notes that this legislation would provide $150 thousand from the
general fund to the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Fund for a direct grant to the
Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps, a non-profit organization. YCC is a state agency youth
employment program that provides grants to state agencies, federal agencies, local government
agencies, federally recognized Native American Tribes and organizations recognized by the
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Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c)(3) (non-profit). The YCC Commission awards grants each
year based on the YCC Act (NMSA 1978, Section 9-50-1 et seq. and Rules using a competitive
evaluation and selection process. House Bill 1111 specifically states that $150,000.00 shall go to
the Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps, but does not require a competitive process.
EMNRD advises that, by requiring the YCC Commission to make a grant directly to the
Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps without going through the competitive bidding process, HB
1111 violates the requirement for a competitive procurement selection process. However, the
status of the Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps as a non-profit organization does not eliminate
the requirement for competitive bidding.
ALTERNATIVES
EMNRD suggests that HB1111 should be amended to provide that the money is to be used to
award a grant for establishment of water restoration strategies in the Upper Chimayo Watershed
and not identify the recipient of the grant. The Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps has received
4 grants in the last 5 years from the YCC Commission and would be eligible to apply for a grant.
[See amendment below.]
AMENDMENTS
EMNRD suggests the following language:
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHIMAYO YOUTH
CONSERVATION
CORPS
TO ESTABLISH THE WATER RESTORATION
ACTION STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THE UPPER CHIMAYO WATERSHED.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is
appropriated from the general fund to the New Mexico youth conservation corps fund
for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 for a grant to the Chimayo youth conservation corps
a New Mexico not-for-profit organization
to establish the water restoration action
strategies to manage the upper Chimayo watershed. Any unexpended or unencumbered
balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.
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