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



SPONSOR: SFC DATE TYPED: 02/15/00 HB
SHORT TITLE: General Appropriation Act of 2000 SB CS/2
ANALYST: Burch


APPROPRIATION



Appropriation Contained
Estimated Additional Impact
Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected*

FY00 FY01 FY00 FY01
$ 1,000.0 $ 13,500.0 Non-Rec GFOR
$ 25,937.7 $ 3,457,251.0 Recurring GF
$ 29,437.1 $ 1,551,370.8 Recurring OSF
$ 355.2 $ 674,146.0 Recurring ISF/IAT
$ 54,129.3 $ 2,681,352.9 Recurring FF
$ 17,554.5 Non-Rec GF
$ 25,218.1 Non-Rec OSF
$ 565.0 Non-Rec ISF/IAT
$ 6,451.0 Non-Rec FF

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

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*GF=General Fund; GFOR=General Fund Operating Reserve; OF=Other State Funds; ISF/IAT=Internal Service Funds/Interagency Transfers; FF=Federal Funds



Companion to HB1, HB2, B3, HB4, HB5, HB6, HB7, HB9, HB23 and SB34



SOURCES OF INFORMATION



LFC files



SUMMARY



Synopsis of SFC Substitute



The substitute bill is the same as the vetoed House Bill 2, with the following adjustments:



Other general highlights of the substitute bill are:



1. FY01 Operating Budget Appropriations - Sections 4, 5, 6 and 11.



Section 4 (pages 5 - 156) provides funding for the operation of state agencies, higher education and public school support. Funding for the General Appropriation Act of 2000 comes from the general fund, other state funds, internal service funds/interagency transfers and federal funds. The bill includes funding for 18,844 permanent, 2,064 term and 310 temporary employees for a total of 21,218 employees. See Attachment A for general fund appropriations by agency.



Section 5 (pages 145 - 178) provides performance-based budgeting funding to agencies included in the first-year implementation of the Accountability in Government Act enacted by the Legislature in 1999. See Attachment B for specifics. The section provides funding for the following seven of 12 agencies selected for performance budgeting in FY01:



For four of the five remaining agencies, the appropriations are contained in Section 4, but performance standards are established for the TANF and child support enforcement programs of the Human Services Department, the Public Health Division of the Department of Health, the Corrections Department and certain programs of the State Department of Public Education. Performance standards for the remaining agency, the Children, Youth and Families Department, were not established.



Section 6 (pages 178 - 182) identifies agencies having oversight responsibilities to provide plans on achieving certain goals.



Section 11 (pages 202 - 204) provides funding for compensation increases for state agencies, higher education institutions and public schools as follows:



Section 4 of the bill includes a 6.24 percent salary increase for public school teachers and 5 percent salary increase for other instructional staff and 4 percent salary increase for all other public school employees. See Attachment C for specifics.



2. FY00/01 Special, Supplemental and Deficiency, and Data Processing Appropriations - Sections 7, 8, 9 and 10.



The bill makes special appropriations (Section 7, pages 182 - 190), supplemental and deficiency appropriations (Section 8, pages 190 - 195), data processing appropriations (Section 9, pages 195 - 200) and data processing equipment, software and other costs appropriations (Section 10, pages 200 - 202).



The bill also includes an appropriation from the general fund operating reserve to fund the final 40 police officers should the Department of Public Safety reach an expected FTE level in recruiting new police officers. See Attachment D for specifics.



3. Budget Adjustment Authority - Section 12 and 13



The bill also provides additional budget adjustment authority for the current fiscal year (Section 12, pages 202 - 211 and nearly identical budget adjustment authority in FY01 (Section 13, pages 211 - 217.



Significant Issues



General operating appropriations for most legislative agencies are contained in HB1 and HB380.



FISCAL IMPLICATIONS



Appropriations are summarized as follows:





Section
Fiscal Year 2000 Fiscal Year 2001
GF OSF ISF/IAT FF GF OSF ISF/IAT FF
Recurring:
4. FY01 Appropriations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,331,247.6 1,526,750.1 664,003.4 2,637,531.2
5. FY01 PBB Appropriations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99,536.7 24,620.7 10,142.6 43,821.7
6. Special 6,245.0 4,050.0 0.0 14,882.5 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7. Supplemental/Deficiency 19,692.7 25,387.1 355.2 39,246.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10. Compensation 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26,426.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Recurring 25,937.7 29,437.1 355.2 54,129.3 3,457,251.0 1,551,370.8 674,146.0 2,681,352.9
Non-Recurring:
6. Special 15,721.5 3,370.5 565.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7. Supplemental/Deficiency 1,443.0 987.6 0.0 3,830.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8. Data Processing 0.0 20,055.0 0.0 2,620.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9. DP Equipment/Software 390.0 805.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Non-Recurring 17,554.5 25,218.1 565.0 6,451.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0




The amended substitute bill makes contingent appropriations from the general fund operating reserve as follows:



Purpose CS HB2

Amount

HB2/aSFC

Amount

CS SB2

Amount

Board of Finance Emergency Fund 500.0 500.0 500.0
Board of Finance Emergency Fund 500.0* 500.0 500.0
HSD Medicaid Program 9,000.0 9,000.0 9,000.0
HSD Senior Prescriptives 1,000.0 1,000.0
Correction Department (FY00) 2,000.0 1,000.0
DPS police officers, vehicles, maintenance and overtime 2,500.0 2,500.0 2,500.0
Total
12,500.0 15,500.0 14,500.0

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* For critical emergency fire prevention measures.



Finally, the amended substitute bill appropriates money from the tobacco settlement income fund as follows:



Program CS HB2

Amount

CS HB2/aSFC

Amount

CS SB2

Amount

HSD Medicaid Buy-in for the Disabled 500.0 1,400.0
HSD Medicaid for the Working Poor 4,000.0 4,000.0
HSD Medicaid 10,100.0 6,225.0
DOH Home Visits for At-Risk Infants & Children 1,000.0 0.0 0.0
DOH Early Childhood Development Home Visits 1,500.0 2,000.0
DOH HIV Services 500.0 500.0 750.0
DOH Tobacco Cessation Programs 500.0 500.0 1,775.0
DOH Diabetes/Juvenile Diabetes 1,000.0 1,000.0
CYFD Domestic Violence 900.0 1,000.0 1,000.0
CYFD Life Skills for At-Risk Youth 500.0
Next Generation Fund 2,000.0 1,500.0
New Mexico Media Literacy Project 275.0 0.0
UNM AHEC Rural Student Support 204.5 50.0 50.0
UNM Telemedicine 150.0 0.0 150.0
UNM Los Pasos Program 200.0 50.0 50.0
UNM Pediatric Oncology Program & Special Physicians 321.3 400.0 800.0
UNM Pediatric Specialty Physicians 400.0 0.0
UNM Poison & Drug Information Center 149.6 149.6 150.0
UNM Trauma Critical & Emergency Care 500.0 400.0 400.0
UNM Endowed Chair for Tobacco Research 1,500.0 0.0 0.0
UNM Research/Clinical Care Program 1,500.0 2,500.0
Total
5,925.4 24,324.6 24,250.0



DUPLICATION/RELATIONSHIP



The bill: 1) relates to House Bill 1, the Feed Bill, since it includes appropriations for the operation of the Legislature; 2) is an amended version of HAFC Committee Substitute for House Bill 2 etal; 3) relates to House Bills 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and SB34 since they each contain appropriations for operations of state government agencies and educational institutions already included in House Bill 2; and 4) relates to House Bill 23, the Executive's proposal for operation of state government.



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