HOUSE BILL 21

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2023

INTRODUCED BY

Miguel P. García and Pamelya Herndon

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CRIME VICTIMS REPARATION COMMISSION TO FUND LAW-ENFORCEMENT-BASED ADVOCATES FOR VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIME.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the crime victims reparation commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2024 and subsequent fiscal years to fund law-enforcement-based advocates for victims of homicide and other violent crime. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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