HOUSE BILL 563

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

INTRODUCED BY

Brian K. Moore

AN ACT

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE STATE BOARD OF FINANCE TO REIMBURSE QUAY AND HARDING COUNTIES FOR THE COSTS OF HOUSING INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH OR CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the state board of finance for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 for the costs of housing individuals charged with or convicted of a violation of state law:

                (1) one hundred eighty-seven thousand nine hundred eighty-two dollars ($187,982) to reimburse Quay county; and

                (2) forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) to reimburse Harding county.

          B. The appropriations in Subsection A of this section shall be used for the costs of housing individuals charged with or convicted of a violation of state law who:

                (1) have violated parole or are charged with a parole violation;

                (2) while on parole, are charged with a violation of local, state, tribal, federal or international law;

                (3) are awaiting transportation and commitment to the corrections department following the pronouncement of a judgment, sentence or an order of confinement;

                (4) are charged with a violation of probation by the corrections department or by a district court;

                (5) are sentenced, ordered or removed by the district court to incarceration in a county detention facility for a felony conviction; or

                (6) are incarcerated on the basis of an arrest-and-hold order on a warrant issued by the corrections department.

          C. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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