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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lujan, A
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/26/06
HB 157
SHORT TITLE NMSU Southern NM Center on Aging
SB
ANALYST Earp
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$135.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates Senate Bill 126
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Higher Education Department (HED)
Aging & Long Term Services Department (ALTSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 157 appropriates $135,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New
Mexico State University (NMSU) to establish a Southern New Mexico Center on Aging with the
College of Health and Social Services.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $135,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert
to the general fund.
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House Bill 157 – Page
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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
This proposal was not included among the NMSU Board of Regents-approved special project
expansion proposals submitted to the Higher Education Department (HED) for review. There-
fore, it has not been recommended by HED for consideration during the fiscal year 2007 funding
cycle.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
Senate Bill 126 and House Bill 157 are duplicate measures.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Information provided by NMSU indicates that the proposed center would work with communi-
ties in southern New Mexico (private, public and governmental agencies) to identify issues per-
taining to aging and Alzheimer’s and to seek solutions to those problems. This proposal was ap-
parently developed in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association of New Mexico. The likely
uses for the requested funds will be for an Aging Center Coordinator and part time secretary sal-
ary and benefits, start-up costs, travel, supplies, administrative staff with benefits, and initially
$25,000 to support 5 initial faculty research projects.
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