HOUSE BILL 855

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

INTRODUCED BY

W. Ken Martinez

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A CONFERENCE OF NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS AND TRIBAL LEADERS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to support a statewide conference of Native American students and alumni, tribal officials and leaders in higher education and economic development to look at options for work force development for enterprises that would benefit tribal communities economically and provide ways to bring educated young people back into tribal communities. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.