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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Papen
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/2/2007
HB
SHORT TITLE NMSU Convicted Drug Dealer Database
SB 700
ANALYST McOlash
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$616.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Conflicts with HB 768.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 700 appropriates $616,000 to the Regents of NMSU for expenditure in FY 2008 to
pay the Materials Research and Testing Center to develop a database on the location of convicted
drug dealers and methamphetamine laboratories.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $616,000 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
House Bill 768 appropriates $616,000 to NM Tech’s Materials Research and Testing Center for
the database. Senate Bill 700 appropriates the same amount to the “Materials Research and
Testing Center" at NMSU.