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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Salazar

 

DATE TYPED:

02/04/03

 

HB

235

 

SHORT TITLE:

Water & Sanitation Districts for All Counties

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Valenzuela

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

NFI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Legislative Finance Committee files  

 

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration

Public Regulation Commission

New Mexico Finance Authority

Office of the State Engineer

Department of Environment

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 235 amends the Water and Sanitation District Act [NMSA 1978 Section 73-21-4] to allow Water and Sanitation Districts to be formed in any county within New Mexico.  Section 73-21-4 currently authorizes Water and Sanitation Districts to be formed only in class A or class B counties with populations greater than 90,000, which as of April 30, 2002 are Bernalillo, Dona Ana, San Juan, and Santa Fe counties.

 

     Significant Issues

 

The Office of the State Engineer reports the following concern: enactment of the bill may lead to an increase in requests, and thus application, to the State Engineer for determinations of whether the proposed district has adequate water rights pursuant to NMSA 1978 section 73-21-9 from district courts acting on petitions to form Water and Sanitation Districts. 

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

House Bill 235 does not contain an appropriation and no fiscal impact has been reported by those agencies who have analyzed this bill.

 

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