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

SPONSOR Altimirano

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/26/07

HB

SHORT TITLE

Appropriation to the Seventh District Attorney for

Additional Employees

SB 97

ANALYST Ellie Ortiz

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

129.1

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates an appropriation in the General Appropriation Bill

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

7

th

Judicial District Attorney

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 97 appropriates $129.1 thousand from the general fund to the Seventh Judicial Dis-

trict Attorney for the purpose of salary and benefits for two full-time equivalents in the Socorro

office to include a victim advocate funded at $48.5 thousand and an administrative secretary

funded at $40.3 thousand.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $129.1 thousand contained in this bill is a RECURRING expense to the

GENERAL FUND. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FISCAL

YEAR 2008 shall revert to the GENERAL FUND.

Senate Bill 97 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The LFC expansion recommendation includes $47 thousand for the agency’s request of a victim

advocate. The executive expansion recommendation includes $38.4 thousand for agency’s re-

quest of a secretary.

This agency currently has 34 FTE. The breakdown by position is as follows:

12 attorney positions

12 secretarial positions

3 investigators

4 are program specialists, one of which is an administrator

1 victim advocate

1 chief financial officer

1 finance specialist

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The addition of a victim advocate to the Seventh District Attorney’s office will adequately pro-

vide services to victims of crime and serve the needs of domestic violence victims by relieving

the excessive workload of the existing victim advocate.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

According to the Seventh Judicial District Attorney, this bill will lessen the work load of secre-

taries in order to more effectively process paperwork in ongoing cases and allow better use of the

Case Management System to provide more complete and accurate data for performance meas-

ures for Performance Based Budgeting.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

Duplicates the Legislative Finance Committees $47 thousand recommendation for a victim ad-

vocate and duplicates the executive’s $38.4 thousand recommendation for a secretary.

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