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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Steinborn
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/5/08
HM 52
SHORT TITLE
"LULAC Day"
SB
ANALYST Shaya
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Memorial 52 declares that the invaluable contributions of LULAC and LULAC youth be
recognized and that Wednesday, February 6, 2008, be declared "League of United Latin
American Citizens Day" at the New Mexico House of Representatives.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
House Memorial 52 states the following;
•
The league of united Latin American citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic
organization in the United States; and
•
LULAC was founded on February 17, 1929 and is celebrating its seventy-fifth
anniversary; and
•
LULAC works to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political
influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based
programs operating at more than seven hundred LULAC councils nationwide; and
•
LULAC councils provide more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in scholarships to
Hispanic students each year, conduct citizenship and voter registration drives, develop
low-income housing units, conduct youth leadership training programs and seek to
empower the Hispanic community at the local, state and national levels; and
•
LULAC's national educational service centers provide counseling services to more than
eighteen thousand Hispanic students per year at sixteen regional centers; and
•
LULAC also provides job-skills and literacy training to the Hispanic community through
more than forty-eight employment training centers located throughout the United States;
and
•
New Mexico is proud to recognize Jessica Martinez, a resident of Las Cruces, who was
elected LULAC's national youth president on July 14, 2007 and has served with
distinction; and
•
Ms. Martinez also serves as the student body president for Mayfield high school in Dona
Ana county; and