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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Griego
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/21/07
HB HJM 45
SHORT TITLE Santa Fe Day
SB
ANALYST Guambaña
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Joint Memorial 45 requests the declaration of March 7, 2007 as “Santa Fe Day".
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
House Joint Memorial states that:
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By 1600, the Pueblo people of the Rio Grande region had inhabited the area now known
as Santa Fe for hundreds of years;
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On March 30, 1609 the viceroy of New Spain, Martin Lopez de Gauna, ordered Governor
Peralta to establish a villa at the site of what is now Santa Fe, and by 1610 Peralta had es-
tablished the city of Santa Fe;
•
From 2007-2010, the city of Santa Fe will develop programs including educational initia-
tives, symposia and public events to celebrate the 400 year anniversary of the founding of
La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asis;
•
Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the U.S., which makes the founding of Santa Fe a
seminal event in U.S. history; and
•
The city of Santa Fe will commemorate March 30, 2009 as the 400 year anniversary of
the date of the viceroy's orders to Peralta to establish the city of Santa Fe and will cele-
brate the founding of the city of Santa Fe from Memorial Day 2010 through the end of
the 2010 fiestas.