Bill > HB2

This bill, the General Appropriation Act of 2024, appropriates funds for state agencies and programs for fiscal year 2025. * **Legislative Branch:** * Legislative Council Service: $5,910,200 from the General Fund. * Legislature (for legislative district staff): $6,000,000 from the General Fund. * **Judicial Branch:** * New Mexico Compilation Commission: $1,552,600 from various funds. * Judicial Standards Commission: $1,112,600 from the General Fund. * Court of Appeals: $9,141,400 from various funds. * Supreme Court: $8,906,200 from the General Fund. * Administrative Office of the Courts: $77,237,300 from various funds for administrative support, statewide judiciary automation, magistrate courts, and special court services. * District Courts: $162,253,400 from various funds for the 13 judicial districts. * Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court: $34,777,100 from various funds. * District Attorneys (across 13 judicial districts): $109,606,100 from various funds. * Administrative Office of the District Attorneys: $3,475,000 from various funds. * Public Defender Department: $75,758,800 from the General Fund. * **General Control:** * Attorney General: $36,392,900 from various funds for legal services and Medicaid fraud. * State Auditor: $5,010,800 from the General Fund. * Taxation and Revenue Department: $130,041,000 from various funds for tax administration, motor vehicle services, property tax, compliance enforcement, and program support. * State Investment Council: $72,929,300 from the General Fund for investment management. * Administrative Hearings Office: $2,830,000 from various funds. * Department of Finance and Administration: $226,664,000 from various funds for policy development, fiscal analysis, budget oversight, community development, local government assistance, fiscal oversight, fiscal management, and special appropriations. * Public School Insurance Authority: $539,676,600 from various funds for benefits, risk management, and program support. * Retiree Health Care Authority: $410,166,500 from various funds for healthcare benefits administration and program support. * General Services Department: $169,100,900 from various funds for risk management, facilities management, transportation services, procurement services, and program support. * Educational Retirement Board: $32,499,600 from various funds for retirement benefits. * New Mexico Sentencing Commission: $1,566,300 from various funds for crime reduction grants. * Governor: $6,359,800 from the General Fund for executive management. * Lieutenant Governor: $818,600 from the General Fund for state ombudsman services. * Department of Information Technology: $94,194,100 from various funds for compliance, enterprise services, equipment replacement, broadband access, cybersecurity, and program support. * Public Employees Retirement Association: $41,058,200 from various funds for pension administration. * State Commission of Public Records: $3,358,500 from various funds for records management. * Secretary of State: $17,913,800 from various funds for administration, operations, and elections. * Personnel Board: $4,560,300 from various funds for human resource management. * Public Employees Labor Relations Board: $297,900 from the General Fund. * State Treasurer: $5,003,200 from various funds for financial management. * **Commerce and Industry:** * Board of Examiners for Architects: $579,000 from various funds. * State Ethics Commission: $1,681,400 from various funds. * Border Authority: $603,700 from various funds. * Tourism Department: $30,280,800 from various funds for marketing, promotion, tourism development, and New Mexico magazine. * Economic Development Department: $28,155,600 from various funds for economic development, film, outdoor recreation, creative industries, and program support. * Regulation and Licensing Department: $58,130,200 from various funds for construction industries, financial institutions, alcohol beverage control, securities, boards and commissions, cannabis control, and manufactured housing. * Public Regulation Commission: $16,022,200 from various funds for policy and regulation, and program support. * Office of Superintendent of Insurance: $151,816,700 from various funds for insurance policy, fraud, auto theft, patient's compensation fund, and special revenues. * Medical Board: $3,480,000 from various funds for licensing and certification. * Board of Nursing: $4,251,200 from various funds for licensing and certification. * New Mexico State Fair: $15,330,400 from various funds for fair operations. * State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors: $1,405,000 from various funds. * Gaming Control Board: $6,842,300 from various funds for gaming control. * State Racing Commission: $6,987,400 from various funds for horse racing regulation. * Board of Veterinary Medicine: $1,481,800 from various funds for licensing and regulation. * Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission: $5,839,000 from various funds for railroad excursions. * Office of Military Base Planning and Support: $304,500 from the General Fund. * Spaceport Authority: $13,107,400 from various funds for spaceport operations. * **Agriculture, Energy and Natural Resources:** * Cultural Affairs Department: $57,426,200 from various funds for museums, historic sites, preservation, library services, arts, music commission, and program support. * New Mexico Livestock Board: $10,573,200 from various funds for livestock inspection and meat inspection. * Department of Game and Fish: $52,829,600 from various funds for field operations, conservation services, wildlife depredation, and program support. * Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department: $188,234,500 from various funds for energy conservation, healthy forests, state parks, mine reclamation, oil and gas conservation, and program leadership. * Youth Conservation Corps: $6,000,000 from various funds for youth employment on resource projects. * Commissioner of Public Lands: $26,320,500 from various funds for land trust stewardship. * State Engineer: $50,061,800 from various funds for water resource allocation, interstate stream compact compliance, litigation, and program support. * **Health, Hospitals and Human Services:** * Commission on Status of Women: $413,800 from the General Fund. * Office of African American Affairs: $1,272,600 from the General Fund. * Commission for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons: $3,241,300 from various funds. * Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission: $386,700 from the General Fund. * Commission for the Blind: $17,870,100 from various funds for blind services. * Indian Affairs Department: $4,967,900 from various funds for intergovernmental coordination. * Early Childhood Education and Care Department: $784,815,000 from various funds for family support, early intervention, early care and education, policy, research, quality initiatives, and prekindergarten programs. * Aging and Long-Term Services Department: $93,718,700 from various funds for consumer rights, aging network services, adult protective services, and program support. * Health Care Authority Department: $12,094,308,000 from various funds for medical assistance, Medicaid behavioral health, income support, behavioral health services, child support enforcement, state health benefits, health improvement, developmental disabilities support, and program support. * Workforce Solutions Department: $121,130,300 from various funds for unemployment insurance, labor relations, workforce technology, employment services, and program support. * Workers' Compensation Administration: $14,369,300 from various funds for administration and uninsured employers' fund. * Vocational Rehabilitation Division: $55,956,600 from various funds for rehabilitation services, independent living services, disability determination, and administrative services. * Governor’s Commission on Disability: $2,285,300 from various funds for disability policy and programs. * Developmental Disabilities Council: $10,501,200 from various funds for disability programs and guardianship services. * Miners' Hospital of New Mexico: $41,820,000 from various funds for healthcare services. * Department of Health: $536,597,100 from various funds for public health, epidemiology, laboratory services, facilities management, medical cannabis, and administration. * Department of Environment: $204,473,900 from various funds for resource protection, water protection, environmental protection, resource management, environmental health, and special revenue funds. * Office of Natural Resources Trustee: $10,777,200 from various funds for natural resource damage assessment and restoration. * Veterans’ Services Department: $9,637,900 from various funds for veteran services. * Office of Family Representation and Advocacy: $11,586,000 from various funds for family representation and advocacy. * Children, Youth and Families Department: $386,786,700 from various funds for juvenile justice facilities, protective services, behavioral health services, and program support. * **Public Safety:** * Department of Military Affairs: $34,075,000 from various funds for National Guard support. * Parole Board: $783,800 from the General Fund for adult parole. * Corrections Department: $364,311,400 from various funds for inmate management, corrections industries, community offender management, reentry services, and program support. * Crime Victims Reparation Commission: $28,449,000 from various funds for victim compensation and grant administration. * Department of Public Safety: $206,030,400 from various funds for law enforcement, statewide law enforcement support, and program support. * Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department: $138,643,000 from various funds for homeland security, emergency management, and the state fire marshal's office. * **Transportation:** * Department of Transportation: $1,275,952,400 from various funds for project design and construction, highway operations, program support, and modal programs. * **Other Education:** * Public Education Department: $64,788,600 from various funds for general operations. * Regional Education Cooperatives: $221,118,900 from various funds for regional educational services. * Public Education Department Special Appropriations: $68,000,000 from various funds for early literacy, school leadership, teacher professional development, graduation programs, and student nutrition. * Public School Facilities Authority: $7,236,200 from various funds for facility oversight. * **Higher Education:** * Higher Education Department: $270,617,700 from various funds for policy development, institutional oversight, student financial aid, and the opportunity scholarship. * University of New Mexico: $2,007,790,500 from various funds for main campus, branches, research, and health sciences center. * New Mexico State University: $816,256,300 from various funds for main campus, branches, department of agriculture, agricultural experiment station, cooperative extension service, and research projects. * New Mexico Highlands University: $78,963,300 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * Western New Mexico University: $61,187,400 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * Eastern New Mexico University: $157,178,100 from various funds for main campus, branches, and research projects. * New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: $180,485,300 from various funds for main campus, bureaus, research centers, and research projects. * Northern New Mexico College: $38,546,400 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * Santa Fe Community College: $67,473,000 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * Central New Mexico Community College: $205,658,000 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * Luna Community College: $15,954,300 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * Mesalands Community College: $6,606,000 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * New Mexico Junior College: $39,953,000 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * Southeast New Mexico College: $24,090,000 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * San Juan College: $108,769,800 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * Clovis Community College: $25,934,700 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * New Mexico Military Institute: $51,921,700 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $21,965,300 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * New Mexico School for the Deaf: $30,627,800 from various funds for main campus and research projects. * **Public School Support:** * Public School Support (State equalization guarantee distribution, transportation, supplemental distribution, federal flow through, Indian education fund, standards-based assessments): $4,916,657,500 from various funds. * **Special Appropriations:** $1,288,670,900 from various funds for specific projects and programs across multiple agencies. * **Supplemental and Deficiency Appropriations:** $179,106,800 from various funds to address shortfalls and prior-year expenses in fiscal year 2024. * **Information Technology Appropriations:** $52,150,200 from various funds for IT system improvements and cybersecurity initiatives. * **Compensation Appropriations:** $65,756,900 from the General Fund for a 3% salary increase for state employees, $9,370,100 from the General Fund for medical insurance premium increases, and $10,200,000 from the General Fund for an officer pay plan. * **Government Results and Opportunity Expendable Trust:** $320,600 from various funds for pilot programs and studies in fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. * **Fund Transfers:** $1,317,584,000 from various funds to establish or support specific trust funds and programs. * **Special Transportation Appropriations:** $220,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for roadway beautification, litter control, and various infrastructure projects. * **Additional Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Adjustment Authority:** Allows specific agencies to request budget increases for various operational needs. * **Certain Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Adjustments Authorized:** Authorizes agencies to request budget increases and transfers under specific conditions. * **Transfer Authority:** Allows the Governor, with State Board of Finance approval, to transfer up to $105,000,000 from the operating reserve to the General Fund if revenues are insufficient.