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

SPONSOR Altamirano

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/22/2007

HB

SHORT TITLE EXPAND WNMU MUSIC PROGRAM

SB 99

ANALYST McOlash

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$1,500.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

New Mexico Higher Education Department (HED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 99 appropriates $1,500,000 to Western New Mexico University (WNMU) to expand

the Department of Expressive Arts music program in FY08.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $1.5 million contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General

Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2008 shall revert to

the (General Fund

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This proposal was not submitted to the New Mexico Higher Education Department by WNMU

and was not included in the HED’s funding recommendation for FY08.

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