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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Gonzales
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/8/06
HB 700
SHORT TITLE Taos-Area Senior Citizens Issues
SB
ANALYST Lewis
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
7.8
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD)
Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 700 appropriates $7,800 from the general fund to the Local Government Division of
the Department of Finance and Administration for the town of Taos and its Phil Lovato Senior
Citizen Center to support educational programs on the issues and needs of the senior citizens of
Taos.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $7,800 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.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
According to the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), this funding would allow a
community based organization in collaboration with UNM-Taos to provide a series of four two-
hour public education workshops on the issues and needs of the community’s older population.
The workshop topics will be determined by a needs assessment survey of Taos county seniors.