HOUSE BILL 564

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

INTRODUCED BY

Ray Begaye

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE BOARD OF FINANCE TO REIMBURSE UNION COUNTY 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. Twenty-four thousand six hundred four dollars ($24,604) is appropriated from the general fund to the state board of finance for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to reimburse Union county 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.

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

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