SENATE BILL 90

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Clinton D. Harden

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO REIMBURSE COUNTIES FOR THE EXPENSE OF INCARCERATING AND TRANSPORTING PAROLE VIOLATORS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Two million dollars ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the corrections department for expenditure in fiscal year 2005 to reimburse counties for the expense of incarcerating and transporting a person under parole supervision by the corrections department who is incarcerated in a county jail for a parole violation on the basis of:

                (1) an arrest and hold order; or

                (2) a warrant issued by the corrections department.

          B. A single county shall not receive more than fifty percent of the total amount of money appropriated to the corrections department to reimburse counties for the expense of incarcerating and transporting parole violators.

          C. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2005 shall revert to the general fund.

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