HOUSE BILL 72

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

James Roger Madalena

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AND THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A NATIVE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the vocational rehabilitation division of the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 for an independent living center with sites in the Pueblo of Laguna and the Pueblo of San Felipe to support disabled Native Americans. The center will provide services to individuals with disabilities in the Pueblos of Acoma, Laguna, Isleta, Sandia, Santa Ana, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Zia and Jemez. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.