HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILLS 2 AND 3
56TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2024
AN ACT
MAKING GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES BY STATE AGENCIES REQUIRED BY LAW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the “General Appropriation Act of 2024".
Section 2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the General Appropriation Act of 2024:
A. “agency” means an office, department, agency, institution, board, bureau, commission,
court, district attorney, council or committee of state government;
B. “efficiency” means the measure of the degree to which services are efficient and productive and is often expressed in terms of dollars or time per unit of output;
C. “explanatory” means information that can help users to understand reported performance measures and to evaluate the significance of underlying factors that may have affected the reported information;
D. “federal funds” means any payments by the United States government to state government or agencies except those payments made in accordance with the federal Mineral Leasing Act;
E. “full-time equivalent” means one or more authorized positions that alone or together receives or receive compensation for not more than two thousand eighty-eight hours worked in fiscal year 2025. The calculation of hours worked includes compensated absences but does not include overtime, compensatory time or sick leave paid pursuant to Section 10-7-10 NMSA 1978;
F. “general fund” means that fund created by Section 6-4-2 NMSA 1978 and includes federal Mineral Leasing Act receipts and those payments made in accordance with the federal block grant and the federal Workforce Investment Act but excludes the general fund operating reserve, the appropriation contingency fund, the tax stabilization reserve and any other fund, reserve or account from which general appropriations are restricted by law;
G. “interagency transfers” means revenue, other than internal service funds, legally transferred from one agency to another;
H. “internal service funds” means:
(1) revenue transferred to an agency for the financing of goods or services to another agency on a cost-reimbursement basis; and
(2) balances in agency internal service fund accounts appropriated by the General Appropriation Act of 2024;
I. “other state funds” means:
(1) nonreverting balances in agency accounts, other than in internal service funds accounts, appropriated by the General Appropriation Act of 2024;
(2) all revenue available to agencies from sources other than the general fund, internal service funds, interagency transfers and federal funds; and
(3) all revenue, the use of which is restricted by statute or agreement;
J. “outcome” means the measure of the actual impact or public benefit of a program;
K. “output” means the measure of the volume of work completed or the level of actual services or products delivered by a program;
L. “performance measure” means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess a program;
M. “quality” means the measure of the quality of a good or service produced and is often an indicator of the timeliness, reliability or safety of services or products produced by a program;
N. “revenue” means all money received by an agency from sources external to that agency, net of refunds and other correcting transactions, other than from issue of debt, liquidation of investments or as agent or trustee for other governmental entities or private persons; and
O. “target” means the expected level of performance of a program’s performance measures.
Section 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS.--
A. Amounts set out under column headings are expressed in thousands of dollars.
B. Amounts set out under column headings are appropriated from the source indicated by the column heading. All amounts set out under the column heading “Internal Service Funds/Interagency Transfers” are intergovernmental transfers and do not represent a portion of total state government appropriations. All information designated as “Total” or “Subtotal” is provided for information and amounts are not appropriations.
C. Amounts set out in Section 4 of the General Appropriation Act of 2024, or so much as may be necessary, are appropriated from the indicated source for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 for the objects expressed.
D. Unexpended balances in agency accounts remaining at the end of fiscal year 2024 shall revert to the general fund by October 1, 2024 unless otherwise indicated in the General Appropriation Act of 2024 or otherwise provided by law. E. Unexpended balances in agency accounts remaining at the end of fiscal year 2025 shall revert to the general fund by October 1, 2025 unless otherwise indicated in the General Appropriation Act of 2024 or otherwise provided by law.
F. The state budget division shall monitor revenue received by agencies from sources other than the general fund and shall reduce the operating budget of any agency whose revenue from such sources is not meeting projections. The state budget division shall notify the legislative finance committee of any operating budget reduced pursuant to this subsection.
G. Except as otherwise specifically stated in the General Appropriation Act of 2024, appropriations are made in this act for the expenditures of agencies and for other purposes as required by existing law for fiscal year 2025. If any other act of the second session of the fifty-sixth legislature changes existing law with regard to the name or responsibilities of an agency or the name or purpose of a fund or distribution, the appropriation made in the General Appropriation Act of 2024 shall be transferred from the agency, fund or distribution to which an appropriation has been made as required by existing law to the appropriate agency, fund or distribution provided by the new law.
H. The department of finance and administration shall regularly consult with the legislative finance committee staff to compare fiscal year 2025 revenue collections with the revenue estimate. If the analyses indicate that revenues and transfers to the general fund are not expected to meet appropriations, then the department shall present a plan to the legislative finance committee that outlines the methods by which the administration proposes to address the deficit.
I. Pursuant to Sections 6-3-23 through 6-3-25 NMSA 1978, agencies whose revenue from state board of finance loans, from revenue appropriated by other acts of the legislature, or from gifts, grants, donations, bequests, insurance settlements, refunds or payments into revolving funds exceeds specifically appropriated amounts may request budget increases from the state budget division. If approved by the state budget division, such money is appropriated.
J. Except for gasoline credit cards used solely for operation of official vehicles, telephone credit cards used solely for official business and procurement cards used as authorized by Section 6-5-9.1 NMSA 1978, none of the appropriations contained in the General Appropriation Act of 2024 may be expended for payment of agency-issued credit card invoices.
K. For the purpose of administering the General Appropriation Act of 2024, the state of New Mexico shall follow the modified accrual basis of accounting for governmental funds in accordance with the manual of model accounting practices issued by the department of finance and administration.
Section 4. FISCAL YEAR 2025 APPROPRIATIONS.--
A. LEGISLATIVE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE:
Legislative building services:
(a) Personal services and
employee benefits 4,313.9 4,313.9
(b) Contractual services 201.0 201.0
(c) Other 1,395.3 1,395.3
Subtotal [5,910.2] 5,910.2
Legislature:
(a) Legislative district staff 6,000.0 6,000.0
The general fund appropriation to the legislature includes six million dollars ($6,000,000) to provide for legislative district staff, including salaries and benefits, information technology equipment and software, furniture, supplies, office space and other necessary support, provided the legislative council shall adopt staffing patterns, policies, procedures and other guidelines for the staff and adopt administrative support guidelines for legislative council service.
Subtotal [6,000.0] 6,000.0
TOTAL LEGISLATIVE 11,910.2 11,910.2B. JUDICIALNEW MEXICO COMPILATION COMMISSION:
The purpose of the New Mexico compilation commission program is to publish in print and electronic format, distribute and sell (1) laws enacted by the legislature, (2) opinions of the supreme court and court of appeals, (3) rules approved by the supreme court, (4) attorney general opinions and (5) other state and federal rules and opinions. The commission ensures the accuracy and reliability of its publications.
Appropriations:
(a) Operations 462.5 690.1 400.0 1,552.6
Subtotal [462.5] [690.1] [400.0] 1,552.6
JUDICIAL STANDARDS COMMISSION:
The purpose of the judicial standards commission program is to provide a public review process addressing complaints involving judicial misconduct to preserve the integrity and impartiality of the judicial process.
Appropriations: