52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CREATING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ENFORCEMENT FUND; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] CRIMINAL JUSTICE ENFORCEMENT FUND--CREATED.--

A. The "criminal justice enforcement fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund. Income from the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the criminal justice special fund shall not revert to the general fund.

B. Money in the criminal justice enforcement fund shall be subject to appropriation by the legislature for criminal justice purposes, including operational costs of the corrections department, department of public safety, courts, district attorneys and public defender department.

SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the criminal justice enforcement fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2017 and subsequent fiscal years to provide funds for the extra costs to the corrections department, department of public safety, courts, district attorneys and public defender department due to the passage of criminal justice legislation. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.