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



SPONSOR: Stockard DATE TYPED: 02/11/00 HB
SHORT TITLE: NM State Police as Separate Agency SB 1
ANALYST: Trujillo

APPROPRIATION



Appropriation Contained
Estimated Additional Impact
Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY00 FY01 FY00 FY01

Unknown - See Narrative



(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)



Conflicts with HB174, HB45 Relates to SB108

SOURCES OF INFORMATION



LFC Files

Legislative Council Service

Department of Public Safety

Attorney General

Administrative Office of the District Attorney's



Agencies who did not respond include:

Administrative Office of the Courts

Bernalillo County Metro Court

Department of Finance and Administration

Criminal Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council

Adult Parole Board

Municipal League and Association of Counties



SUMMARY



Synopsis of Bill



SB1 dissolves the Department of Public Safety (DPS), including eliminating the office of the DPS Secretary. SB1 creates the New Mexico State Police Department (SPD) and the Law Enforcement Academy (LEA).



Significant Issues



SB1 changes the language of current law to reflect an organizational restructuring. SB1 makes few substantive changes to the law. SB1 is an LFC sponsored bill.



The Legislative Council Service reports the legislative request was to return the state police to its former independent status. Given the structure of DPS, if the state police is returned to former status, with all its powers and duties intact, the only remaining programmatic divisions would be training and recruiting (the old law enforcement academy) and the recently transferred motor transportation division.



SB1 is drafted to eliminate DPS and the expenses of maintaining a cabinet department with very little function. SB1 makes the state police (including motor transportation) and the law enforcement academy independent agencies. The following describe the key components of the bill:





FISCAL IMPLICATIONS



Unknown. Personnel, functions, appropriations, money and other property are transferred to the new agencies. DPS must carefully implement the changes and any requests for supplemental appropriations will be directly related to how careful the restructuring and reorganization are carried out. SB1 may result in a savings of less than $200.0.



ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS



See Significant Issues and Fiscal Implications.



CONFLICT/DUPLICATION/COMPANIONSHIP/RELATIONSHIP



DPS reports SB1 may conflict with HB174, which amends the sex offender registration notification.



The Attorney General reports there may be a conflict with HB45 Law enforcement training and Recruiting Fund and relates to SB108 Reimburse Law Enforcement Training Facilities



TECHNICAL ISSUES



In discussion with Legislative Council Service, the sponsor of the bill may choose to propose the following amendments:



OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES



The bill analysis provided by DPS included recommendations for changes to the current statutes.



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