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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Begaye
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/18/08
HB 61
SHORT TITLE Navajo Code Talker Museum and Veterans’ Center SB
ANALYST Earnest
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$500.0 Non-recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Economic Development Department
Veterans’ Services Department
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 61 appropriates $500 thousand from the general fund to the Economic Development
Department to conduct, in coordination with the Veterans’ Services Department, a feasibility
study for and to plan, design and construct a Navajo code talkers’ museum, veterans’ center and
national cemetery.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $500 thousand contained in this bill is a nonrecurring expense to the
general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year
2009 shall revert to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
According to EDD, the study would ascertain the impact to the local economy of a new code
talkers museum, visitor center, and cemetery. The study would help determine the impact on
tourism, local jobs, and economic development of an already depressed area of the state.