SENATE BILL 625

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Timothy Z. Jennings







AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THE CHARACTER COUNTS PROGRAM.



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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal year 2004 for the purpose of making grants to school districts for the implementation and support of the character counts program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the general fund.

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