0001|      HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0002|                            HOUSE BILL 281
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0003|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0011|                                AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO CORRECTIONS; PROVIDING THAT ADULT MALE INMATES
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0013|     TRANSFERRED TO OUT-OF-STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL BE
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0014|     INCARCERATED THERE FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME; MAKING 
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0015|     APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|          Section 1.  ADULT MALE INMATES TRANSFERRED TO OUT-OF-STATE 
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0019|     CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES--LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME.--Adult male
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0020|     inmates transferred to out-of-state correctional facilities for
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0021|     the purpose of relieving overcrowding in New Mexico
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0022|     correctional facilities may be kept in out-of-state
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0023|     correctional facilities for a period of up to twelve months.
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0024|          Section 2.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--EARLY RELEASE.--In fiscal
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0025|     years 1997 and 1998 if inmates of a custody class are in out-
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0001|     of-state facilities, the corrections department shall consider
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0002|     for emergency release either in-state or out-of-state
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0003|     incarcerated nonviolent offender inmates in that custody class
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0004|     who are within thirty days of projected release.
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0005|          Section 3.  APPROPRIATION.--One million one hundred
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0006|     thousand dollars ($1,100,000) is appropriated from the general
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0007|     fund to the corrections department for expenditure in fiscal
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0008|     year 1997 for the purpose of paying for adult male inmates
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0009|     transferred to out-of-state correctional facilities to relieve
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0010|     overcrowding in state correctional facilities and paying for
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0011|     accompanying costs, including medical costs and transportation
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0012|     costs.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the
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0013|     end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund.
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0014|          Section 4.  APPROPRIATION.--One million eight hundred
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0015|     thousand dollars ($1,800,000) is appropriated from the general
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0016|     fund to the corrections department for expenditure in fiscal
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0017|     year 1998 for the purpose of paying for adult male inmates
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0018|     transferred to out-of-state correctional facilities and paying
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0019|     for accompanying costs, including medical costs and
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0020|     transportation costs.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0021|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the
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0022|     general fund.
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0023|          Section 5.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0024|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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