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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
1-30-08
HB 542
SHORT TITLE NM Highlands Community Custody Program
SB
ANALYST Cox
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$40.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
New Mexico Highlands University – NMHU
Department of Higher Education – HED
Responses Received From
New Mexico Highlands University – NMHU
Department of Higher Education – HED
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 542 requests a forty thousand dollars ($40,000) appropriation from the General Fund
to the Board of Regents of New Mexico Highlands University for expenditure in fiscal year 2009
to support the community custody clinical treatment program at the University's School of Social
Work.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
This request was not submitted by NMHU to the New Mexico Higher Education Department for
review, and is not included in the Department’s funding recommendation for FY09.
The appropriation of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) contained in this bill is a recurring expense
to the General Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of Fiscal
Year shall revert to the General Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.