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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

2/01/07

HB

SHORT TITLE

Las Vegas Youth Commission

SB 747

ANALYST Propst

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$100.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 747 appropriates $100.0 from the General Fund to DFA to support the Las Vegas

Youth Commission in efforts to implement youth commissions statewide.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100.0 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.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DFA reports that the Las Vegas Youth Commission (Commission) was established through the

federal program "Communities that Care" in 1998. The Commission is made up of junior and

high school students who are appointed by the Las Vegas City Council. The goal of the

Commission is to train today's youth to be tomorrow's leader. The Commission is also a

functioning Board of the City Council and meets when needed by the full Council.

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In 2005, the Communities that Care Program lost its funding. With that loss, the Commission

also lost its full time coordinator, and for the past year the students have been responsible for all

aspects of the Commission. In 2006, the Commission did not receive Legislative funding but was

able to continue with the little remaining funds they had from the Communities that Care

Program. The Commission's planned State conference on youth and government was unable to

happen due to lack of funding.

SB 747 would provide $100.0 to the Commission to be used to plan and implement a statewide

Youth and Government conference for the summer of 2007. The Commission hopes to draw

from students all around the state to Las Vegas, NM to discuss how to involve the youth of New

Mexico into local and state issues. A portion of the funding will be used to evaluate the progress

of the Commission and to attempt to implement new programs in several communities around

the state and monitor the effectiveness of these new programs.

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