HOUSE BILL 660

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

INTRODUCED BY

W. Ken Martinez

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE NEW MEXICO SENTENCING COMMISSION FOR A WORKLOAD MEASUREMENT STUDY ON EQUITABLE RESOURCE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER DEPARTMENT, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND STATE COURTS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred fifty-two thousand dollars ($152,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the New Mexico sentencing commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to contract for a workload measurement study that analyzes and makes recommendations regarding equitable statewide resource needs of the public defender department, district attorneys and state courts. The New Mexico sentencing commission shall update the workload measurement study not less than every five years following completion of the initial study. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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