SENATE BILL 842

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

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FIGHT OBESITY AND PROMOTE PHYSICAL FITNESS IN SCHOOLCHILDREN.

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 public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to fund a pilot program in five public elementary schools, partnering with a nonprofit organization, directed at health education and physical fitness to fight obesity and promote physical fitness in schoolchildren. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

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