SENATE BILL 15

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Lynda M. Lovejoy

FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TRIBAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to provide funding for tribal emergency management services in the following amounts:

                (1) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the ten southern Indian pueblos;

                (2) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the eight northern Indian pueblos;

                (3) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the Jicarilla Apache Nation; and

                (4) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the Mescalero Apache Tribe.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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