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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Dow
LAST UPDATED
ORIGINAL DATE 1/31/2025
SHORT TITLE Sunshine Portal Fund Creation Links
BILL
NUMBER House Bill 209
ANALYST Hilla
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT*
(dollars in thousands)
Agency/Program
FY25 FY26 FY27
3 Year
Total Cost
Recurring or
Nonrecurring
Fund
Affected
DoIT
No fiscal
impact
$50.0
No fiscal
impact
$50.0 Nonrecurring General Fund
Parentheses ( ) indicate expenditure decreases.
*Amounts reflect most recent analysis of this legislation.
Sources of Information
LFC Files
Agency Analysis Received From
Department of Information Technology (DoIT)
New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMCC)
Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE)
Agency Analysis was Solicited but Not Received From
Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of House Bill 209
House Bill 209 (HB209) requires the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) to add links
onto the Sunshine Portal that direct users to the statutory provision of each state fund listed under
New Mexico Compilation Commission’s (NMCC’s) website.
This bill does not contain an effective date and, as a result, would go into effect 90 days after the
Legislature adjourns if enacted, or June 20, 2025.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
DoIT anticipates a one-time cost of $50 thousand to make the initial updates to the Sunshine
Portal but predicts that it could sustain these changes in its operating budget in the following
fiscal years. However, this would be an expense to the general fund as DoIT would not be able to
adjust its enterprise rates given the timeframe of the bill. A one-time nonrecurring general fund
special appropriation of $50 thousand would be needed for DoIT to comply with HB209.
Without sufficient funding for DoIT to work with its vendor, HB209 could impact the House Bill 209 – Page 2
department’s enterprise revenue. This could interfere with DoIT’s operating budget for its
Enterprise Program, which is funded exclusively through enterprise revenue.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
DoIT states that it does not have the resources or expertise to properly identify all the laws that
create state funds. However, NMCC states it would be able to work with DoIT to provide proper
links to certain statutory provisions, so collaboration with both agencies should allow for proper
statutory identification.
DoIT states that an effective date of December 2025, as opposed to 90 days after the Legislature
adjourns, would allow more time for the department to release and encumber funding with the
vendor that maintains the portal.
NMCC states that the language in HB209 is ambiguous in defining the mandatory new links. In
other words, it is unclear whether it would be sufficient to have one new page that links to all the
laws that create state funds, or if a unique link is required for each corresponding law.
Additionally, NMCC states it is unclear whether the links will direct users to the law authorizing
expenditure (how the fund may be spent/reversion implications), or if it should direct the user to
the law creating the fund itself, which may not have additional information on how a state fund
may be expended.
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