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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1-29-2007

HB

SHORT TITLE American Indian Arts Film & TV Workshop

SB 375

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$50.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Indian Affairs Department (IAD)

Cultural Affairs Department (CAD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 375 appropriates $50 thousand in FY08 from the general fund to department of

Cultural Affairs pay for an American Indian Arts summer film and television workshop.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $50 thousand 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.

Senate Bill 375– Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

It is Cultural Affairs department’s understanding that Senate Bill 375 will support a program or

planned initiative at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe.

Enactment of Senate Bill 375 this bill would provide training in the film and television industry,

including production and writing to Native Americans. For three years, the Institute of American

Indian Arts (IAIA) has collaborated with Disney-ABC Television Group Talent Development

Programs to present a summer television and film workshop program. Program instructors from

the film and television industry produce an 8-week curriculum on a variety of areas including

directing, production, acting, animation and screenwriting. In past years, the workshop has been

held at the IAIA campus in Santa Fe.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

There would not be an appropriation from the general fund to support this program.

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