SENATE BILL 7

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

INTRODUCED BY

John Pinto

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Forty thousand dollars ($40,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to provide legal advocacy and counseling services for women and families who have low incomes or are subjects of domestic violence in New Mexico communities of the Navajo Nation. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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