Bill > SB442

This bill, the General Appropriation Act of 2025, appropriates funds for state agencies and programs for fiscal year 2026. * **Legislative Branch:** * Legislative Council Service: $6,034,700 from the General Fund. * **Judicial Branch:** * New Mexico Compilation Commission: $1,572,800 from various funds. * Judicial Standards Commission: $1,153,500 from the General Fund. * Court of Appeals: $10,107,700 from the General Fund. * Supreme Court: $9,599,700 from the General Fund. * Administrative Office of the Courts: $81,932,900 from various funds for administrative support, statewide judiciary automation, court operations, and special court services. * District Courts (across 13 districts): $168,495,700 from various funds for operations. * Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court: $34,280,100 from various funds for operations. * District Attorneys (across 14 districts): $117,144,200 from various funds for operations. * Administrative Office of the District Attorneys: $3,718,500 from various funds for administrative support. * Public Defender Department: $80,316,200 from various funds for criminal legal services. * **General Control:** * Attorney General: $56,870,800 from various funds for legal services and Medicaid fraud investigations. * State Auditor: $6,048,500 from various funds for audits. * Taxation and Revenue Department: $140,306,600 from various funds for tax administration, motor vehicle services, property tax administration, compliance enforcement, and program support. * State Investment Council: $77,883,400 from the General Fund for investment management. * Administrative Hearings Office: $2,966,800 from various funds for adjudicating hearings. * Department of Finance and Administration: $224,984,700 from various funds for policy development, local government assistance, fiscal management, infrastructure policy, and special appropriations. * Public School Insurance Authority: $636,576,500 from various funds for benefits, risk management, and program support. * Retiree Health Care Authority: $415,507,700 from various funds for healthcare benefits administration and program support. * General Services Department: $204,293,800 from various funds for risk management, state printing, facilities management, transportation services, procurement services, and program support. * Educational Retirement Board: $31,483,900 from the General Fund for retirement benefits. * New Mexico Sentencing Commission: $1,571,300 from various funds for criminal and juvenile justice system policy. * Governor: $6,533,000 from the General Fund for executive management. * Lieutenant Governor: $838,500 from the General Fund for state ombudsman services. * Department of Information Technology: $98,786,400 from various funds for compliance, enterprise services, broadband access, cybersecurity, and program support. * Public Employees Retirement Association: $42,837,100 from various funds for pension administration. * State Commission of Public Records: $3,540,800 from various funds for records management. * Secretary of State: $10,247,300 from various funds for administration, operations, and elections. * Personnel Board: $4,787,900 from various funds for human resource management. * Public Employees Labor Relations Board: $316,000 from the General Fund for labor relations. * State Treasurer: $5,255,400 from various funds for financial management. * **Commerce and Industry:** * Board of Examiners for Architects: $590,400 from the General Fund for architectural registration. * State Ethics Commission: $1,807,300 from various funds for ethics enforcement. * Border Authority: $620,800 from various funds for border development. * Tourism Department: $30,760,900 from various funds for marketing, promotion, tourism development, and New Mexico magazine. * Economic Development Department: $29,579,700 from various funds for economic development, film industry support, outdoor recreation, creative industries, and program support. * Regulation and Licensing Department: $59,400,500 from various funds for construction industries, financial institutions, alcohol beverage control, securities regulation, boards and commissions, cannabis control, manufactured housing, and program support. * Public Regulation Commission: $19,398,700 from various funds for regulating industries. * Office of Superintendent of Insurance: $67,226,200 from various funds for insurance policy oversight, fraud investigation, and the patient's compensation fund. * Medical Board: $3,491,500 from the General Fund for licensing and certification. * Board of Nursing: $4,096,300 from various funds for licensing and certification. * New Mexico State Fair: $15,628,200 from various funds for operations. * State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors: $1,433,200 from the General Fund for regulation and licensing. * Gaming Control Board: $7,293,500 from the General Fund for gaming regulation. * State Racing Commission: $7,301,000 from various funds for horse racing regulation. * Board of Veterinary Medicine: $1,475,000 from the General Fund for licensing and regulation. * Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission: $5,853,000 from various funds for railroad operations. * Office of Military Base Planning and Support: $309,400 from the General Fund for military base planning. * Spaceport Authority: $12,786,600 from various funds for spaceport operations. * **Agriculture, Energy and Natural Resources:** * Cultural Affairs Department: $62,131,800 from various funds for museums, historic sites, preservation, library services, arts, and program support. * New Mexico Livestock Board: $11,079,400 from various funds for livestock and meat inspection. * Department of Game and Fish: $54,512,900 from various funds for field operations, conservation services, wildlife depredation, and program support. * Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department: $226,596,200 from various funds for energy conservation, healthy forests, state parks, mine reclamation, oil and gas conservation, and program support. * Youth Conservation Corps: $6,133,900 from various funds for youth employment on conservation projects. * State Land Office: $28,026,000 from the General Fund for land trust stewardship. * State Engineer: $52,328,000 from various funds for water resource allocation, interstate stream compact compliance, water development, litigation, adjudication, and program support. * **Health, Hospitals and Human Services:** * Commission on Status of Women: $419,400 from the General Fund for status of women initiatives. * Office of African American Affairs: $1,320,100 from the General Fund for public awareness. * Commission for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons: $3,476,900 from various funds for services to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. * Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission: $392,300 from the General Fund for promoting King's principles. * Commission for the Blind: $19,572,900 from various funds for blind services. * Indian Affairs Department: $5,021,900 from various funds for intergovernmental coordination. * Early Childhood Education and Care Department: $854,045,100 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: $97,423,300 from various funds for consumer rights, aging network services, adult protective services, and program support. * Health Care Authority Department: $15,027,655,900 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, healthcare affordability, and program support. * Workforce Solutions Department: $134,102,900 from various funds for unemployment insurance, labor relations, workforce technology, employment services, and program support. * Workers' Compensation Administration: $14,952,800 from various funds for administration and the uninsured employers' fund. * Vocational Rehabilitation Division: $63,035,800 from various funds for rehabilitation services, independent living services, disability determination, and administrative services. * Governor’s Commission on Disability: $2,318,300 from various funds for disability policy and programs. * Developmental Disabilities Council: $11,198,600 from various funds for disability council initiatives and guardianship services. * Miners' Hospital of New Mexico: $42,829,700 from various funds for healthcare services. * Department of Health: $576,878,200 from various funds for public health, epidemiology, laboratory services, facilities management, medical cannabis regulation, and administration. * Department of Environment: $199,828,000 from various funds for resource protection, water protection, environmental protection, resource management, environmental health, and compliance enforcement. * Office of Natural Resources Trustee: $10,470,000 from various funds for natural resource damage assessment and restoration. * Veterans’ Services Department: $10,439,100 from various funds for veterans' services. * Office of Family Representation and Advocacy: $12,499,900 from various funds for legal representation in child welfare cases. * Children, Youth and Families Department: $389,414,400 from various funds for juvenile justice facilities, protective services, behavioral health services, and program support. * **Public Safety:** * Department of Military Affairs: $35,649,000 from various funds for National Guard support. * Parole Board: $812,900 from the General Fund for adult parole. * Corrections Department: $378,819,400 from various funds for inmate management, corrections industries, community offender management, reentry programs, and program support. * Crime Victims Reparation Commission: $29,133,000 from various funds for victim compensation and grant administration. * Department of Public Safety: $224,108,800 from various funds for law enforcement, statewide law enforcement support, and program support. * Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department: $417,881,100 from various funds for homeland security, emergency management, and the state fire marshal's office. * **Transportation:** * Department of Transportation: $1,304,296,300 from various funds for project design and construction, highway operations, program support, and modal programs. * **Public Education Support:** * Public Education Department: $5,177,474,500 from various funds for state equalization guarantee distribution, transportation, supplemental distribution, federal flow-through, Indian education, and standards-based assessments. * **Higher Education:** * Higher Education Department: $286,308,100 from various funds for policy development, institutional financial oversight, student financial aid, and the opportunity scholarship. * University of New Mexico: $2,135,766,900 from various funds for main campus operations, branch campuses, research, public service projects, and the health sciences center. * New Mexico State University: $917,638,900 from various funds for main campus operations, branch campuses, the department of agriculture, agricultural experiment station, cooperative extension service, and research and public service projects. * New Mexico Highlands University: $81,267,700 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * Western New Mexico University: $64,926,100 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * Eastern New Mexico University: $161,297,400 from various funds for main campus operations, branch campuses, and research and public service projects. * New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: $195,937,300 from various funds for main campus operations, bureaus, research centers, and research and public service projects. * Northern New Mexico College: $39,784,700 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * Santa Fe Community College: $68,320,600 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * Central New Mexico Community College: $227,471,800 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * Luna Community College: $16,458,400 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * Mesalands Community College: $7,057,700 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * New Mexico Junior College: $45,251,200 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * Southeast New Mexico College: $24,247,800 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * San Juan College: $110,350,900 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * Clovis Community College: $26,518,400 from various funds for main campus operations and research and public service projects. * New Mexico Military Institute: $53,645,400 from various funds for campus operations and scholarships. * New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $22,638,700 from various funds for campus operations and clinics. * New Mexico School for the Deaf: $31,551,100 from various funds for campus operations and outreach services. * **Special Appropriations:** Section 5 details numerous specific appropriations for various agencies and projects, including extensions of previous appropriations, for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, totaling $950,702,300. * **Supplemental and Deficiency Appropriations:** Section 6 provides $152,251,000 in supplemental and deficiency appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to address various shortfalls and needs across state agencies. * **Information Technology Appropriations:** Section 7 appropriates $100,724,300 from various funds for information technology projects, including system modernizations and cybersecurity initiatives, for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. * **Compensation Appropriations:** Section 8 appropriates $96,143,100 from the General Fund for a 4% average salary increase for state employees, with additional funds for salary schedule adjustments and medical insurance rate increases for higher education institutions. * **Government Results and Opportunity Expendable Trust:** Section 9 appropriates funds for fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028 from this trust for various programs focused on improving outcomes in the judicial, public safety, education, and health sectors. * **Fund Transfers:** Section 10 outlines transfers totaling $1,699,383,200 from the General Fund and other funds to various specific funds for designated purposes in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. * **Special Transportation Appropriations:** Section 11 appropriates $350,000 from the General Fund and other state funds to the Department of Transportation for heavy equipment, right-of-way acquisition, and transportation project funds for fiscal year 2026. * **Transfer Authority:** Section 12 allows the Governor, with the State Board of Finance's approval, to transfer up to $110,000,000 from the operating reserve to the General Fund if revenues are insufficient to meet appropriations in fiscal year 2026.