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

SPONSOR Foley

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/31/08 HB 540

SHORT TITLE State Championship Events Trophies & Medals

SB

ANALYST Cox

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$10.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Public Education (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 540 requests a ten thousand dollars ($10,000) appropriation from the General Fund to

the Public Education Department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to provide championship

trophies, medals and printing services associated with state championship athletic and non-

athletic events.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) contained in this bill is a recurring 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

Currently in New Mexico, schools use various limited budget resources to support the cost of

trophies, medals and printing costs for school activities, including athletics and non-athletics.

In addition, the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) provides trophies, medals and

printing to New Mexico schools that participate on a championship team. Presently the NMAA

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is absorbing the cost of these items with fees that are assessed to schools for being members of

the NMAA, ticket sales at the extracurricular events and corporate sponsorships. Every student

athlete on a championship team receives a medal commemorating the achievement. For

example, Mayfield High School’s championship football team had 75 members on the team;

costs would vary from year to year depending on the number of athletes on championship teams.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

HB 540 duplicates HB 422, which appropriates $10.0 from the General Fund to the Department

of Finance and Administration (DFA) for trophies, medals and printing costs for school

activities, including athletics, chess, speech and debate. HB 234 relates to HB 540 and

appropriates $50.0 to PED to defray costs incurred for printing and trophies related to athletics

and other activities sponsored by the NMAA.

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