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HB |
95/aHAGC |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Phraetophyte Eradication and Control |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
L. Baca |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$5,000.0 |
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Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to HB 124, Phreatophyte
Eradication and Control
Relates to Appropriation for
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LFC files
Responses
Received From
New
Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA)
Energy,
Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of HAGC Amendments
The HAGC amendments add an emergency clause to
the bill, change the expenditure authorization to fiscal years 2004 and 2005,
stipulate the appropriation will be equally divided and used in both the Pecos
River and Rio Grande basins; and adds the following language:
“B. The appropriation provided in this
section is contingent on soil and water conservation districts:
(1)
developing management and native vegetation
restoration plans;
(2)
conducting hearings within the local
conservation districts to receive public input on the plans,
(3)
carrying out aerial spraying only by
helicopter or ground application with prior public notice;
(4)
monitoring and evaluating the effects of
control on wildlife, water quality, vegetation and soil health; and
(5)
if
control affects threatened or endangered species, complying with applicable federal
law and conforming to any duly enacted recovery plan.”
Synopsis
of Original Bill
House Bill 95
appropriates $5,000.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New Mexico
State University for expenditure in fiscal years 2003 through 2005 for a
non-native phreatohphyte eradication and control program on the
Significant
Issues
The Laws of 2002, Chapter 4, of the First
Extraordinary Session include an appropriation of $2.5 million for each of the
two river basins. The $5.0 million total
appropriation will be passed through NMSU to soil and water conservation
districts with $2.5 million earmarked for each of the river basin areas. The NMDA, which will
continue to administer and oversee the activities, reports that great progress
has been made in the
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$5,000.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2005
shall revert to the general fund.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP,
RELATIONSHIP
House Bill 124 is
similar to HB 95. HB 95 appropriates
$5,000.0 to NMSU to support soil and water conservation districts efforts to
manage salt cedar and other phraetophytes in the
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
This request was not
submitted to the Commission on Higher Education for funding.
The CHE suggests the following language for all
new recurring higher education programs and expansion of current programs
(assuming that funding will continue beyond 2002-2003):
“The institution receiving the appropriation in this bill submit
a program evaluation to the Legislative Finance Committee and the Commission on
higher Education by August 2005 detailing the benefits to the State of
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS