HOUSE BILL 6

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

Mimi Stewart

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES FOR THE STATE FAIR COMMISSION.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "State Fair Commission Appropriation Act".

     Section 2. DEFINITION.--As used in the State Fair Commission Appropriation Act, "other state funds" means:

          A. unencumbered balances in state agency accounts appropriated by the General Appropriation Act of 2009; and

          B. all revenue available to state agencies from sources other than the general fund and federal funds.

     Section 3. FORMAT.--The general format of the appropriations set forth in the State Fair Commission Appropriation Act with respect to symbols used, column headings and stating of amounts is that used in the General Appropriation Act of 2009.

     Section 4. FISCAL YEAR 2011 APPROPRIATIONS AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.--

                                     Other     Intrnl Svc                               General    State     Funds/Inter-

     Item                 Fund      Funds     Agency Trnsf   Total

STATE FAIR COMMISSION

(1) State Fair:

The purpose of the state fair program is to promote the New Mexico state fair as a year-round operation with venues, events and facilities that provide for greater use of the assets of the agency.

     Appropriations:

     (a)  Personal services

          and employee

          benefits         90.0      6,394.9              6,484.9

     (b)  Contractual  

          services      190.0      3,418.1              3,608.1

     (c)  Other        90.0      2,980.5   695.0    3,765.5

     Subtotal             370.0     12,793.5 695.0   13,858.5

Authorized FTE: 73.00 Perm; 0 Term

     The internal service funds/interagency transfers appropriation to the state fair program includes in the other category six hundred ninety-five thousand dollars ($695,000) from pari-mutuel tax revenues for debt service on negotiable bonds issued for capital improvements. The general fund appropriation to the New Mexico state fair includes three hundred seventy thousand dollars ($370,000) for the operation of the African American performing arts center and exhibit hall at the New Mexico state fair.

     Performance Measures:

     (a) Outcome:   Percent of surveyed attendees at the

annual state fair event rating their

                     experience as satisfactory or better        90%

     (b) Output:    Number of paid attendees at annual

                     state fair event                        500,000

     (c) Output:    Percent of surveyed attendees at the

                     annual state fair event rating that

                     the state fair has improved                 45%

     (d) Output:    Number of total attendees at annual

                     state fair event                        650,000

     Category transfers and budget increases from other state funds are specifically authorized for the state fair commission. Such other state funds are appropriated.

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