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SPONSOR |
Maes |
DATE TYPED |
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HB |
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SHORT
TITLE |
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SB |
44 |
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ANALYST |
Johnson |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY04 |
FY05 |
FY04 |
FY05 |
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$50.0 |
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Recurring |
General
Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
LFC Files
Responses
Received From
NM
Commission on the Status of Women
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 44 appropriates $50,000 from the
general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and
administration for the purpose of contracting for counseling and therapy service
for children at a rape crisis center in Santa Fe county.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $50.0 is a recurring expense
to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the
end of fiscal year 2005 shall revert to the general fund.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
The New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women
note the bill does not have performance criterion indicating how many children
will be served or for how long.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women
provided the following information: According
to “The Nature of Sexual Assault in
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
Would this
appropriation be more effectively administered by the Department of Health that
has experience with similar programs?
CJJ/lg