0001| SENATE BILL 62 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| Manny M. Aragon | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| AMENDING LAWS 1998, CHAPTER 116, SECTION 6; MAKING | 0012| APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Laws 1998, Chapter 116, Section 6 is amended | 0016| to read: | 0017| "Section 6. ADDITIONAL NEW MEXICO WORKS ACT AND | 0018| WELFARE-TO-WORK APPROPRIATIONS.--The following amounts are | 0019| appropriated from the funds as indicated for the purposes | 0020| specified. Unless otherwise indicated, the appropriations are | 0021| for expenditure in fiscal year 1999. Any unexpended or | 0022| unencumbered balances of the general fund appropriation | 0023| remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the | 0024| general fund. | 0025| A. Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is |
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0001| appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and | 0002| families department to expand the headstart program to serve | 0003| participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act. | 0004| Expenditure of any of the appropriation is contingent upon | 0005| certification by the secretary of human services to the | 0006| secretary of finance and administration that the children, | 0007| youth and families department has entered into an agreement | 0008| with the human services department that provides for | 0009| appropriate administrative and accounting procedures and | 0010| oversight by the human services department to ensure that | 0011| expenditures will meet all federal and state requirements for | 0012| maintenance of effort; and monthly reports of all expenditures | 0013| by the children, youth and families department to the | 0014| department of finance and administration, the welfare reform | 0015| oversight committee and the legislative finance committee. | 0016| The appropriation shall not be expended for the purpose of | 0017| matching federal funds or for any other purpose that may | 0018| jeopardize its classification as maintenance of effort. The | 0019| appropriation shall be reported by the human services | 0020| department as maintenance of effort and included in the state | 0021| plan for the temporary assistance for needy families block | 0022| grant. | 0023| [B. Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is | 0024| appropriated from the general fund to the Martin Luther King, | 0025| Jr. commission to provide job training to participants as |
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0001| defined in the New Mexico Works Act. Expenditure of any of | 0002| the appropriation is contingent upon certification by the | 0003| secretary of human services to the secretary of finance and | 0004| administration that the Martin Luther King, Jr. commission | 0005| has entered into an agreement with the human services | 0006| department that provides for: appropriate administrative and | 0007| accounting procedures and oversight by the human services | 0008| department to ensure that expenditures will meet all federal | 0009| and state requirements for maintenance of effort; and monthly | 0010| reports of all expenditures by the Martin Luther King, Jr. | 0011| commission to the department of finance and administration, | 0012| the welfare reform oversight committee and the legislative | 0013| finance committee. The appropriation shall not be expended | 0014| for the purpose of matching federal funds, or for any other | 0015| purpose that may jeopardize its classification as maintenance | 0016| of effort. The appropriation shall be reported by the human | 0017| services department as maintenance of effort and included in | 0018| the state plan for the temporary assistance for needy families | 0019| block grant. | 0020| C. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is | 0021| appropriated from the general fund to the commission on the | 0022| status of women to establish and operate work development | 0023| programs for participants as defined in the New Mexico Works | 0024| Act. Expenditure of any of the appropriation is contingent | 0025| upon certification by the secretary of human services to the |
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0001| secretary of finance and administration that the commission on | 0002| the status of women has entered into an agreement with the | 0003| human services department that provides for: appropriate | 0004| administrative and accounting procedures and oversight by the | 0005| human services department to ensure that expenditures will | 0006| meet all federal and state requirements for maintenance of | 0007| effort; and monthly reports of all expenditures by the | 0008| commission on the status of women to the department of finance | 0009| and administration, the welfare reform oversight committee and | 0010| the legislative finance committee. The appropriation shall | 0011| not be expended for the purpose of matching federal funds, or | 0012| for any other purpose that may jeopardize its classification | 0013| as maintenance of effort. The appropriation shall be reported | 0014| by the human services department as maintenance of effort and | 0015| included in the state plan for the temporary assistance for | 0016| needy families block grant. | 0017| D. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is | 0018| appropriated from the general fund to western New Mexico | 0019| university to provide job training in areas of high | 0020| unemployment to participants as defined in the New Mexico | 0021| Works Act. Expenditure of any of the appropriation is | 0022| contingent upon certification by the secretary of human | 0023| services to the secretary of finance and administration that | 0024| western New Mexico university has entered into an agreement | 0025| with the human services department that provides for: |
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0001| appropriate administrative and accounting procedures and | 0002| oversight by the human services department to ensure that | 0003| expenditures will meet all federal and state requirements for | 0004| maintenance of effort; and monthly reports of all expenditures | 0005| by western New Mexico university to the department of finance | 0006| and administration, the welfare reform oversight committee and | 0007| the legislative finance committee. The appropriation shall | 0008| not be expended for the purpose of matching federal funds, or | 0009| for any other purpose that may jeopardize its classification | 0010| as maintenance of effort. The appropriation shall be reported | 0011| by the human services department as maintenance of effort and | 0012| included in the state plan for the temporary assistance for | 0013| needy families block grant. | 0014| E. One million dollars ($1,000,000) is | 0015| appropriated from the general fund to the department of health | 0016| to provide non-medical, out-patient substance abuse counseling | 0017| for participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act. | 0018| Expenditure of any of the appropriation is contingent upon | 0019| certification by the secretary of human services to the | 0020| secretary of finance and administration that the department of | 0021| health has entered into an agreement with the human services | 0022| department that provides for: appropriate administrative and | 0023| accounting procedures and oversight by the human services | 0024| department to ensure that expenditures will meet all federal | 0025| and state requirements for maintenance of effort; and monthly |
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0001| reports of all expenditures by the department of health to the | 0002| department of finance and administration, the welfare reform | 0003| oversight committee and the legislative finance committee. | 0004| The appropriation shall not be expended for the purpose of | 0005| matching federal funds, or for any other purpose that may | 0006| jeopardize its classification as maintenance of effort. The | 0007| appropriation shall be reported by the human services | 0008| department as maintenance of effort and included in the state | 0009| plan for the temporary for assistance for needy families block | 0010| grant. | 0011| F. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is | 0012| appropriated from the general fund to the department of health | 0013| to provide non-medical, out-patient substance abuse counseling | 0014| to Native Americans in Bernalillo county who are participants | 0015| as defined in the New Mexico Works Act. Expenditure of any of | 0016| the appropriation is contingent upon certification by the | 0017| secretary of human services to the secretary of finance and | 0018| administration that the department of health has entered into | 0019| an agreement with the human services department that provides | 0020| for: appropriate administrative and accounting procedures and | 0021| oversight by the human services department to ensure that | 0022| expenditures will meet all federal and state requirements for | 0023| maintenance of effort; and monthly reports of all expenditures | 0024| by the department of health to the department of finance and | 0025| administration, the welfare reform oversight committee and the |
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0001| legislative finance committee. The appropriation shall not be | 0002| expended for the purpose of matching federal funds, or for any | 0003| other purpose that may jeopardize its classification as | 0004| maintenance of effort. The appropriation shall be reported by | 0005| the human services department as maintenance of effort and | 0006| included in the state plan for the temporary assistance for | 0007| needy families block grant. | 0008| G. Two million four hundred eighty-two thousand | 0009| five hundred dollars ($2,482,500) is appropriated from the | 0010| general fund to the educational technology fund to purchase | 0011| educational technology pursuant to the Technology for | 0012| Education Act. (22-15A-1 to 22-15A-10 NMSA 1978) to serve | 0013| participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act. | 0014| Expenditure of any of the appropriation is contingent upon | 0015| certification by the secretary of human services to the | 0016| secretary of finance and administration that the state | 0017| department of education has entered into an agreement with the | 0018| human services department that provides for: appropriate | 0019| administrative and accounting procedures and oversight by the | 0020| human services department to ensure that expenditures will | 0021| meet all federal and state requirements for maintenance of | 0022| effort; and monthly reports of all expenditures by the state | 0023| department of education to the department of finance and | 0024| administration, the welfare reform oversight committee and the | 0025| legislative finance committee. The appropriation shall not be |
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0001| expended for the purpose of matching federal funds, or for any | 0002| other purpose that may jeopardize its classification as | 0003| maintenance of effort. The appropriation shall be reported by | 0004| the human services department as maintenance of effort and | 0005| included in the state plan for the temporary assistance for | 0006| needy families block grant.] | 0007| B. Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is | 0008| appropriated from the general fund to the human services | 0009| department to develop programs in cooperation with the Martin | 0010| Luther King, Jr. commission to provide services for | 0011| participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act. The | 0012| programs developed shall maintain a work-first concept, | 0013| contain measurable performance standards, identify the number | 0014| of target clients and provide a tracking and reporting | 0015| element. The appropriation shall not be expended for any | 0016| purpose that may jeopardize its classification as maintenance | 0017| of effort. The human services department shall ensure that | 0018| expenditures meet all federal and state requirements for | 0019| maintenance of effort. The appropriation shall be reported by | 0020| the human services department as maintenance of effort. The | 0021| human services department shall report quarterly to the | 0022| welfare reform oversight committee on the programs developed. | 0023| C. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is | 0024| appropriated from the general fund to the commission on the | 0025| status of women to develop, establish and operate job |
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0001| placement programs for participants as defined in the New | 0002| Mexico Works Act that are referred to the commission by the | 0003| department. In developing, establishing and operating these | 0004| job placement programs, the commission shall cooperate and | 0005| coordinate with the human services department. Prior to the | 0006| expenditure of any of the appropriation, the commission shall | 0007| seek the approval of each program it develops from the | 0008| department. Expenditure of any of the appropriation is | 0009| contingent upon certification by the secretary of human | 0010| services to the department of finance and administration that | 0011| the commission has entered into an agreement with the human | 0012| services department that provides for programs that maintain a | 0013| work-first concept; programs that contain measurable | 0014| performance standards; programs that identify the number of | 0015| target clients; programs that provide a tracking and reporting | 0016| element; and appropriate administrative and accounting | 0017| procedures and oversight by the human services department to | 0018| ensure that expenditures shall meet all federal and state | 0019| requirements for maintenance of effort, including adherence to | 0020| the cap on administrative costs. Additionally, the commission | 0021| shall provide quarterly reports of all its expenditures to the | 0022| human services department, the welfare reform oversight | 0023| committee and the legislative finance committee. The | 0024| appropriation shall not be expended for any purpose that may | 0025| jeopardize its classification as maintenance of effort. The |
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0001| appropriation shall be reported by the human services | 0002| department as maintenance of effort. | 0003| D. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is | 0004| appropriated from the general fund to the regents of western | 0005| New Mexico university to provide job training and placement | 0006| for participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act that | 0007| are referred to western New Mexico university by the | 0008| department. In providing job training and placement for | 0009| participants, western New Mexico university shall coordinate | 0010| and cooperate with the human services department. Prior to | 0011| the expenditure of any of the appropriation, western New | 0012| Mexico university shall seek the approval of each program it | 0013| develops from the human services department. Expenditure of | 0014| any of the appropriation is contingent upon certification by | 0015| the secretary of human services to the department of finance | 0016| and administration that western New Mexico university has | 0017| entered into an agreement with the human services department | 0018| that provides for programs that maintain a work-first concept; | 0019| programs that contain measurable performance standards; | 0020| programs that identify the number of target clients; programs | 0021| that provide a tracking and reporting element; and appropriate | 0022| administrative and accounting procedures and oversight by the | 0023| human services department to ensure that expenditures shall | 0024| meet all federal and state requirements for maintenance of | 0025| effort, including adherence to the cap on administrative |
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0001| costs. Additionally, western New Mexico university shall | 0002| provide quarterly reports of all the expenditures in these job | 0003| training and placement programs to the human services | 0004| department, the welfare reform oversight committee and the | 0005| legislative finance committee. The appropriation shall not be | 0006| expended for any purpose that may jeopardize its | 0007| classification as maintenance of effort. The appropriation | 0008| shall be reported by the human services department as | 0009| maintenance of effort. | 0010| E. One million dollars ($1,000,000) is | 0011| appropriated from the general fund to the department of health | 0012| to provide a one-time expenditure for substance abuse | 0013| counseling for participants as defined pursuant to the New | 0014| Mexico Works Act. The appropriation shall be reported by the | 0015| labor department as a match for the federal welfare-to-work | 0016| grant. Expenditure of any of the appropriation is contingent | 0017| upon certification by the secretary of labor to the secretary | 0018| of finance and administration that the department of health | 0019| has entered into an agreement with the labor department that | 0020| provides for appropriate administrative and accounting | 0021| procedure and oversight by the labor department to ensure that | 0022| the expenditure meets all federal and state requirements for | 0023| the match for the federal welfare-to-work grant. The | 0024| appropriation shall not be expended for any purpose that may | 0025| jeopardize its classification as match for the federal |
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0001| welfare-to-work grant. | 0002| F. Two million dollars ($2,000,000) is | 0003| appropriated from the general fund to the human services | 0004| department to provide job training and placement services to | 0005| participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act that | 0006| include programs that maintain a work-first concept; programs | 0007| that contain measurable performance standards; programs that | 0008| identify the number of target clients; and programs that | 0009| provide a tracking and reporting element. The appropriation | 0010| shall not be expended for any purpose that may jeopardize its | 0011| classification as maintenance of effort. The human services | 0012| department shall ensure that expenditures meet all federal and | 0013| state requirements for maintenance of effort. The | 0014| appropriation shall be reported by the human services | 0015| department as maintenance of effort. | 0016| G. Two million four hundred eighty-two thousand | 0017| five hundred dollars ($2,482,500) is appropriated from the | 0018| general fund to the human services department to develop early | 0019| childhood-family support and education training programs with | 0020| the state department of public education to provide before- | 0021| and after-school programs to students who are participants as | 0022| defined in the New Mexico Works Act. The programs developed | 0023| shall contain measurable performance standards, identify the | 0024| number of target clients and provide a tracking and reporting | 0025| element. The appropriation shall not be expended for any |
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0001| purpose that may jeopardize its classification as maintenance | 0002| of effort. The human services department shall ensure that | 0003| expenditures meet all federal and state requirements for | 0004| maintenance of effort. The appropriation shall be reported by | 0005| the human services department as maintenance of effort. The | 0006| human services department shall report to the welfare reform | 0007| oversight committee on the programs developed. | 0008| H. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is | 0009| appropriated from the general fund to the department of health | 0010| to provide a one-time expenditure for substance abuse | 0011| counseling for Native Americans who are participants as | 0012| defined in the New Mexico Works Act. The appropriation shall | 0013| be reported by the labor department as a match for the federal | 0014| welfare-to-work grant. Expenditure of any of the | 0015| appropriation is contingent upon certification by the | 0016| secretary of labor to the secretary of finance and | 0017| administration that the department of health has entered into | 0018| an agreement with the labor department that provides for | 0019| appropriate administrative and accounting procedure and | 0020| oversight by the labor department to ensure that the | 0021| expenditure meets all federal and state requirements for the | 0022| match for the federal welfare-to-work grant. The | 0023| appropriation shall not be expended for any purpose that may | 0024| jeopardize its classification as match for the federal | 0025| welfare-to-work grant. |
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0001| [K.] I. Thirteen million eight hundred thirty- | 0002| eight thousand dollars ($13,838,000) is appropriated from the | 0003| temporary assistance for needy families block grant to the | 0004| human services department for training participants to become | 0005| licensed daycare providers and for other services as defined | 0006| in the New Mexico Works Act. | 0007| [L.] J. Of the general fund appropriations | 0008| made to the human services department in Section 4 of the | 0009| General Appropriation Act of 1998, the human services | 0010| department shall report [the following] six hundred | 0011| thousand dollars ($600,000) in the department's child support | 0012| enforcement division for child support enforcement pass- | 0013| throughs to participants as defined in the New Mexico Works | 0014| Act as maintenance of effort for the temporary assistance for | 0015| needy families block grant. [and shall include the | 0016| appropriations in the state plan: two million two hundred | 0017| twenty-eight thousand one hundred dollars ($2,228,100) for | 0018| adult basic education; two hundred ten thousand seven hundred | 0019| dollars ($210,700) for the at-risk youth program in the labor | 0020| department; one million four hundred thousand dollars | 0021| ($1,400,000)for the youth conservation corps in the energy, | 0022| minerals and natural resources department which includes | 0023| sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) to provide a youth | 0024| corp/youth build program to provide high risk youth service | 0025| learning opportunities and provide them with valuable |
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0001| construction, entrepreneurial, employability, academic and | 0002| leadership training in the city of Albuquerque, Bernalillo | 0003| county; and eighty-two thousand dollars ($82,000) to provide a | 0004| program for at-risk youth to clean up and provide fire | 0005| prevention between Cochiti dam and the headwaters of Elephant | 0006| Butte reservoir; and six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) | 0007| in the child support enforcement division of the human | 0008| services department for child support enforcement pass- | 0009| throughs to participants as defined in the New Mexico Works | 0010| Act. The state department of education, the labor department | 0011| and the energy, minerals and natural resources department | 0012| shall each enter into an agreement with the human services | 0013| department that provides for: appropriate administrative and | 0014| accounting procedures and oversight by the human services | 0015| department to ensure that expenditures will meet all federal | 0016| and state requirements for maintenance of effort; and monthly | 0017| reports of all expenditures by the recipient agency to the | 0018| department of finance and administration, the welfare reform | 0019| oversight committee and the legislative finance committee.] | 0020| K. Of the general fund appropriations made to the | 0021| state department of public education in Section 4 of the | 0022| General Appropriation Act of 1998, the labor department shall | 0023| report six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) for the adult | 0024| basic education match as a match for the federal welfare-to- | 0025| work grant. The state department of public education shall |
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0001| enter into an agreement with the labor department that | 0002| provides for appropriate administrative and accounting | 0003| procedure and oversight by the labor department to ensure that | 0004| the expenditure meets all federal and state requirements for | 0005| the match for the federal welfare-to-work grant. The | 0006| appropriation shall not be expended for any purpose that may | 0007| jeopardize its classification as match for the federal | 0008| welfare-to-work grant. | 0009| L. Of the general fund appropriations made to the | 0010| children, youth and families department in Section 4 of the | 0011| General Appropriation Act of 1998 for the child care | 0012| development block grant in the children, youth and families | 0013| department, up to two million eight hundred thousand dollars | 0014| ($2,800,000) and not less than two million dollars | 0015| ($2,000,000) shall be counted as maintenance of effort for the | 0016| temporary assistance for needy families block grant. | 0017| M. The human services department shall report any | 0018| amount of general assistance payments made to lawfully | 0019| admitted immigrant families as maintenance of effort and | 0020| include the payments in the state plan for the temporary | 0021| assistance for needy families block grant. | 0022| N. Four million dollars ($4,000,000) is | 0023| appropriated from the general fund operating reserve to the | 0024| department of finance and administration. Any unexpended or | 0025| unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 |
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0001| shall revert to the general fund operating reserve. The | 0002| appropriation, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be | 0003| distributed to the human services department for the purpose | 0004| of meeting the state and federal requirements for maintenance | 0005| of effort. No distribution shall be made until | 0006| [(1) the human services department has | 0007| certified that it has exhausted every effort to meet the | 0008| requirements with available funds and programs but that one or | 0009| more of the appropriations and programs provided in this | 0010| section have not been operational, sufficient temporary | 0011| assistance for needy families eligibles have not been served, | 0012| and additional funds are necessary to meet the requirements | 0013| for maintenance of effort; | 0014| (3)] the distribution has been approved by | 0015| the secretary of finance and administration." | 0016| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0017| peace, health and safety that this act take effect | 0018| immediately. | 0019|  |