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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Larranaga
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/17/2007
HB 1113
SHORT TITLE NMSU Agriculture Leadership Program
SB
ANALYST Moser
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$100.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
NM Higher Education Department (NMHED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 1113 appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Regents of New
Mexico State University (NMSU) to establish an Agricultural Leadership Program.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $100,000 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
NMSU currently offers an Agriculture Leadership Program in the College of Agriculture and
Home Economics. The goal of the program is to provide business skills training for agricultural
producers. Specific skills of focus are:
Communications
Professional and Business Ethics
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Technical Writing
Oral and Written Skills
Public Speaking
The program seeks to expand the current student base and offer services to more students in the
college. The appropriation is intended for the hiring of one full-time program coordinator and
one support staff. Remaining funds would be used for materials and travel.
This request was not on the list of priority projects submitted by NMSU to the New Mexico
Higher Education Department (NMHED) for review, and was not included in the Department's
funding recommendations for FY08.
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