SENATE BILL 840

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

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR OUTREACH TO VETERANS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO DEPLETED URANIUM.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the veterans' services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to develop and provide health-related information to military veterans who may have been exposed to depleted uranium or other isotopes in the Persian Gulf War or in the current Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts and to make available contact information so that veterans may make inquiries regarding health care related to potential exposure to depleted uranium or other isotopes. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

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