HOUSE BILL 315

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Gloria C. Vaughn

FOR THE WELFARE REFORM OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FOSTER CHILDREN EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE SEEKING ADEQUATE HOUSING.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and families department for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to provide financial assistance to foster children eighteen to twenty-one years of age who are seeking adequate housing. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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