SENATE BILL 762

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

INTRODUCED BY

John Pinto

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES IN THE NAVAJO NATION.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 to contract for advocacy and counseling services for women and families who have low incomes or are subjects of domestic violence in communities of the Navajo Nation. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall revert to the general fund.

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