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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Foley

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

3/01/2007

HJM 72

SHORT TITLE Raymond Ruiz Charity Legislative B-ball Game

SB

ANALYST Schuss

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 72 names the annual House-Senate Basketball Game “The Raymond Ruiz

Charity Legislative Basketball Game" and dedicates the game to his memory.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

House Joint Memorial 72 states that the annual House-Senate Basketball Game has raised

countless dollars for charity, entertained hundreds of loyal fans and prompted scores of

legislators to reconsider their exercise regimen. Former State Representative Raymond Ruiz was

a barrel-chested former ironworker who lent his considerable athletic ability, drive and

enthusiasm to his house colleagues and teammates in the annual affair during his four years of

service in the New Mexico Legislature. Raymond Ruiz was an avid supporter of the causes that

benefited from the House-Senate Basketball Game and the epitome of a citizen-legislator,

strongly advocating for working men and women around New Mexico. Raymond Ruiz died

while in office on May 9, 2004, and was succeeded by his wife, Harriet Ruiz, who served

through 2006.

The Legislature of the State of New Mexico requests that the annual House-Senate Basketball

Game be named “The Raymond Ruiz Charity Legislative Basketball Game" and that the game

be played each year in his memory.

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