HOUSE BILL 1

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first special session, 2024

INTRODUCED BY

Gail Chasey and Harlan Vincent and William F. Burt and Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FROM LEGISLATIVE CASH BALANCES FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO CERTAIN EXECUTIVE AGENCIES FOR FLOODING AND FIRE RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND MITIGATION; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS FOR ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND COMPETENCY DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAMS.

 

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

     SECTION 1. SPECIAL SESSION--APPROPRIATIONS.--

          A. The following amounts are appropriated from legislative cash balances for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 for the following expenses of the first special session of the fifty-sixth legislature:

                (1) for the expense of the house of representatives, eighty-three thousand eight hundred dollars ($83,800) to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the speaker and the chief clerk of the house of representatives or the chief clerk's designee;

                (2) for the expense of the senate, sixty thousand four hundred dollars ($60,400) to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the chair of the committees' committee and the chief clerk of the senate or the chief clerk's designee; and

                (3) for the expense of the legislative council service, sixty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($67,700) to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the legislative council service or the director's designee.

          B. Following adjournment of the first special session of the fifty-sixth legislature, expenditures authorized in this section shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the legislative council service or the director's designee.

     SECTION 2. APPROPRIATIONS--CERTAIN EXECUTIVE AGENCIES-- FLOODING AND FIRE RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND MITIGATION.--

          A. Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 for distribution to the Mescalero Apache Tribe for damages and losses caused by the South Fork and Salt fires. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2025 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the energy, minerals and natural resources department, in consultation with the homeland security and emergency management department, for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 for wildfire mitigation; watershed restoration, slope stabilization, erosion control and post-fire management made necessary by damages from flooding or a wildfire, including damages from flooding or debris flows attributable to a wildfire; and regional master planning of public infrastructure reconstruction due to damages caused by flooding or a wildfire, including damages from flooding or debris flows attributable to a wildfire. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2025 shall revert to the general fund.

          C. Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the homeland security and emergency management department for expenditure in fiscal years 2025 and 2026 to provide support for individuals and businesses in the state throughout the application or claims process for receiving public assistance funding from the federal emergency management agency and in making private insurance claims, in consultation with the office of superintendent of insurance, for damages caused by flooding or a fire, including damages from flooding or debris flows attributable to the fire, that results in approved federal public assistance funding. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.

          D. Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of finance division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal years 2025 and 2026 to provide zero-interest reimbursable loans to political subdivisions of the state that have been approved for federal public assistance funding for projects to replace or repair public infrastructure damaged by the Salt and South Fork fires, including damages from flooding or debris flows attributable to those fires. The division shall require a contract for reimbursement from a political subdivision of the state receiving a loan that shall include a requirement that the political subdivision repay the loan first using dollars received from the federal funding that serves as the basis for the loan. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION--ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS--ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND COMPETENCY DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAMS.--Three million dollars ($3,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 to fund assisted outpatient treatment programs and competency diversion pilot programs. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2025 shall revert to the general fund.

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