HOUSE BILL 358

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Al Park

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Four hundred thirty-eight thousand dollars ($438,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the crime victims reparation commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 for the following purposes and in the following amounts:

                (1) twenty-three thousand dollars ($23,000) for emergency costs, including transportation for family members' attendance at funerals, arraignments, murder scene clean-up, repairing perpetrator damage, safety equipment and emergency funeral costs;

                (2) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for travel costs for relatives of victims, advocacy coordinators, advocates and agency director, including lodging and meals;

                (3) thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) to pay for the administrative salary for a statewide advocacy director;

                (4) one hundred thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($132,500) for salaries of regional victims advocates who cover five regions of the state;

                (5) thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($37,500) for mileage reimbursement for travel for victims services, training, program outreach and chapter visits by regional victims advocates, the agency director and the statewide advocacy coordinator;

                (6) eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) for community awareness educational materials;

                (7) sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) for the administrative salary for an executive director;

                (8) twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for a statewide survivors conference;

                (9) twenty-three thousand dollars ($23,000) for workshops and training for staff and criminal justice officials;

                (10) fifty-one thousand dollars ($51,000) for personnel and contracts, including an administrative assistant, clerical assistance and community professionals; and

                (11) sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) for communication systems, including equipment for mobile coordinators.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall revert to the general fund.

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