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

SPONSOR Lujan, B.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/23/08

HB 315

SHORT TITLE Celebrate Hispanic & Mexican Folk Music

SB

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$150.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates Senate Bill 181

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Cultural Affairs Department (DCA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 315 appropriates $150 thousand from the general fund to Cultural Affairs department

for the purpose of celebrating and preserving traditional northern New Mexico Hispanic and

Mexican folk music. House Bill 315 sponsors a statewide tour of traditional and contemporary

musicians in concerts for the elderly, the homeless and children and by sponsoring educational

workshops.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $150 thousand contained in this House Bill 315 is a recurring expense to

the General Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY09

shall revert to the General Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The intent of the bill is to preserve and celebrate traditional northern New Mexico Mexican and

Hispanic music by producing concerts statewide of touring musicians. The concerts would serve

the elderly, homeless and children. The legislation further asks for the development of

educational workshops for this type of music.

House Bill 315 – Page

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The department states that arts and cultural programming such as the music performance and

education initiatives within the legislation have positive impacts on the economy and quality of

life for New Mexico’s people and communities.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

If enacted, the LFC recommends that the Cultural Affairs department submit a plan for program

evaluation with specific program goals and criteria for assessing the effectiveness and provide

suggested outputs, outcomes and performance measures to evaluate the performance of state

government programs as prescribed in the Accountability in Government Act.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The department would conduct an RFP process in order to accomplish the initiatives outlined in

the bill.

DUPLICATION

Duplicates Senate Bill 181.

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