SENATE BILL 891

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

INTRODUCED BY

John T. L. Grubesic

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A THREE-YEAR INITIATIVE OF THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUPPORT SANTA FE YOUTH COURT AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO DEAL WITH SCHOOL-BASED OFFENSES.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal years 2008 through 2010 for the development and implementation by the Santa Fe public school district of a Santa Fe youth court as an alternative method to deal with school-based offenses. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.

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