SENATE BILL 846

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Kay Papen

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A JAIL DIVERSION PROJECT IN DONA ANA COUNTY.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to support a jail diversion project in Dona Ana county for nonviolent, mentally ill misdemeanor detainees. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

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