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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-6-06

HB

SHORT TITLE Las Vegas Youth Commission

SB 510

ANALYST Hadwiger

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$100.0 Non-Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SM22.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 510 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to the Local Government Di-

vision (LGD) of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) in FY07 for the Las Ve-

gas Youth Commission and its statewide summit.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the gen-

eral fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 would revert

to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

DFA explained that he Las Vegas Youth Commission (Commission) was created by ordinance in

the City of Las Vegas to give youth—ages 12 to 18—a voice in government and to train them to

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be the leaders. The Commission consists of 13 City Council appointed members from junior

high schools and high schools within the city. The summit will train communities how to create

their own Commission. The Commission is housed in a city building and the city also provides

technical assistance for the group.

DFA added the Commission has been instrumental in establishing a skateboard park in the city,

collaborating with city leaders to organize and then participate in a city-wide clean-up campaign,

establishing working relationships among rival schools, and have made presentations before the

city council on various topics, which affect the youth of the community. The Commission has

also been recognized by UNM's Youth In Government Program as a model for the state to follow

in creating other Commissions within the state.

PED elaborated the background, noting:

•

The Las Vegas Youth Commission was established in 1998 with federal funding. The

funding was discontinued in September 2005.

•

The students of the Las Vegas Youth Commission are appointed by the Mayor and the

City Council and represent both West Las Vegas and Robertson High Schools.

•

Students attend meetings and discuss youth issues. They are also seen as a consulting

body on youth issues in the city of Las Vegas.

•

The Las Vegas Youth Commission model was taken from Greeley, Colorado. The

Commission would like to train other cities on how to implement a similar initiative. A

portion of the appropriated funding would go toward a statewide conference.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The LGD would coordinate the administration of the program with the city of Las Vegas in the

form of a grant agreement.

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