SENATE BILL 135

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

FOR THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2010 to contract for a demonstration program in Bernalillo county that ensures the safety and well-being of the population under protection of guardianships and conservatorships by monitoring the status of wards and their guardians and conservators. The program may be used as a model for a statewide program for monitoring guardianships and conservatorships. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.

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