Committee Substitute for 172200.1

SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 165

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

AN ACT

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES BY STATE AGENCIES.

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

Section 1. JUDICIAL PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. to the administrative office of the courts, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the court-appointed attorney fund;

2. to the fifth judicial district court, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the drug court in Lea county;

3. to the sixth judicial district, forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for information systems personnel;

4. to the ninth judicial district court, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to be divided equally between the Curry and Roosevelt county teen courts;

5. to the eleventh judicial district court, two hundred ten thousand dollars ($210,000) for alternative sentencing and crime reduction programs;

6. to the twelfth judicial district court, ninety-seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($97,700) for operational expenses;

7. to the thirteenth judicial district court, two hundred eleven thousand seven hundred dollars ($211,700) for drug courts; and

8. to the third judicial district attorney, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars ($33,400) for animal shelter services for animals in protective custody in Dona Ana county.

Section 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the office of the attorney general for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. forty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars ($49,900) for the attorney general to pay costs associated with the enforcement of animal cruelty laws through the animal cruelty task force; and

2. eighty-two thousand dollars ($82,000) for per diem and mileage expenses for public members of the task force to combat human trafficking, contingent on Senate Bill 71 of the second session of the forty-eighth legislature becoming law.

Section 3. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for disbursement to the state housing authority for a statewide affordable housing study;

2. six thousand seven hundred dollars ($6,700) for expenses associated with the citizen review board; and

3. for the mid-region council of governments, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a high-technology mentoring program at Robert F. Kennedy charter school in the Albuquerque public school district.

Section 4. LOCAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a preventive health pilot program in rural areas of northwestern New Mexico that works to identify and improve the health of persons suffering from diabetes, heart disease, obesity or other preventable health conditions;

2. ninety-three thousand nine hundred dollars ($93,900) to contract with a private entity in Bernalillo county to operate a secure, long-term, statewide multijurisdictional residential rehabilitation and transition facility that admits persons who have been ordered to the facility by a New Mexico court;

3. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a transitional living program in Bernalillo county that offers temporary shelter, board, living skills education, behavioral health services and social services to homeless and runaway youth who are sixteen to twenty-one years old;

4. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to provide free services consisting of cultural and arts programs to targeted areas of Bernalillo county;

5. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a bicycle repair and recycling program in the Atrisco area of the south valley in Bernalillo county;

6. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to establish an emergency housing fund for homeless middle and high school students in Albuquerque;

7. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a coalition between Grant county and the municipalities within the county's boundaries;

8. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to develop an after-prom and after-graduation anti-DWI program in Grant county;

9. twenty-three thousand dollars ($23,000) for a domestic violence shelter operated by Lincoln county in Ruidoso Downs;

10. one hundred sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($116,700) for operational expenses of Gallup, including an economic development director and a grant writer;

11. forty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($41,700) for programs to support healthy marriage and healthy family living for parents and their children in Rio Rancho;

12. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for salaries of the Mora county sheriff's office;

13. eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) for Mora county employees' salaries and operational expenses of Mora county;

14. fifteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($15,700) for operational expenses for the Mora county attorney's office;

15. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for a contract spay and neuter program in Sandoval county;

16. thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for San Juan county for a medical affiliation program with the San Juan regional medical center and the university of New Mexico medical school;

17. fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) for a staff position for a San Miguel county bureau of elections;

18. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for support staff for the San Miguel probate judge;

19. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for operational expenses of the fire department in Bernal in San Miguel county;

20. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for operational expenses of the fire department in Pecos in San Miguel county;

21. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for operational expenses of the fire department in Pueblo in San Miguel county;

22. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for recruitment of a medical provider for the Logan and Quay county health clinics;

23. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for an athlete and coach leadership training program for junior wrestling at Santa Fe high school in the Santa Fe public school district;

24. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a community alcohol and drug recovery program in Santa Fe county;

25. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a community drug and alcohol program in El Prado in Taos county;

26. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for community drug and alcohol programs in Talpa in Taos county;

27. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for operational expenses of the driving while intoxicated memorial of perpetual tears in Moriarty;

28. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for Espanola to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

29. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for Grants to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

30. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for Questa to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

31. nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000) for the city of Taos to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

32. eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque to implement the provisions of federal clean water regulations; and

33. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500) for Tularosa to implement the provisions of federal clean water regulations.

Section 5. NEW MEXICO SENTENCING COMMISSION PROJECT.--Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the New Mexico sentencing commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to study, on a statewide basis, whether bias-based policing exists in New Mexico and, if so, the effects of that bias. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 6. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE PROJECT.--Forty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($41,700) is appropriated from the general fund to the governor's office for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to fund faith-based programs that support healthy marriage and healthy family living for parents and their children in Albuquerque and Bernalillo county. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 7. TOURISM DEPARTMENT PROJECT.--Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the tourism department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to promote the arts, culture and sports unique to New Mexico's urban and rural communities. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 8. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the economic development department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for Gallup to plan and administer its convention and visitors bureau, including promoting convention sales, convention services, tourism and events and other activities relating to economic development; and

2. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for economic development of the New Mexico wine industry.

Section 9. CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the cultural affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for educational initiatives, information and marketing for the opening of the New Mexico history museum;

2. thirty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($31,700) for education programs at the national Hispanic cultural center;

3. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to the library division for grants-in-aid to rural libraries in Rio Arriba county, with each of six libraries receiving ten thousand dollars ($10,000);

4. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to support a statewide education and outreach program for youth by a professional orchestra;

5. twenty-six thousand seven hundred dollars ($26,700) to implement and operate a youth education program that includes art integration curriculum projects, outreach projects at schools, pueblos and community service organizations, as well as professional development for teachers;

6. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for a film festival about the Native American perspective on the environment;

7. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to build electronic infrastructure and web sites for Native American artists and youth;

8. thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($37,500) to contract with a nonprofit music organization that organizes a competition in which children twelve years of age and under compete to hear their musical compositions performed in concert and recorded on compact disc;

9. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for cultural and arts programs and educational outreach in Bernalillo county;

10. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to provide symphony music programs and concerts in Albuquerque;

11. forty-six thousand six hundred dollars ($46,600) for education programs at a science center and children's museum in Albuquerque;

12. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to support cultural programming in the Chimayo area;

13. one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) for staff and expenses associated with the development of a veterans' museum in Las Cruces; and

14. eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to provide symphony orchestra music programs and concerts in Roswell.

Section 10. STATE PARKS PROJECT.--Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for an outdoor classroom program to serve the students of the Valley high school cluster of the Albuquerque public schools. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 11. COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND PROJECT.--Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the commission for the blind for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for positions to provide rehabilitation training. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 12. INDIAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for an American Indian organization with over thirty years' experience in Indian law and policy to assist tribes to develop tribal court systems and promote Indian law and policy development and training;

2. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for increased economic development activities for the state's American Indian nations, tribes and pueblos; and

3. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a summer youth conservation program in Navajo Nation chapters in the eastern Navajo agency.

Section 13. AGING AND LONG-TERM SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the aging and long-term services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to assist persons with brain injuries to receive social, vocational and educational support; and

2. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to provide assistance, transportation, organized activities and other services for Eddy county senior citizen centers.

Section 14. GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITY PROJECT.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the governor's commission on disability for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for operational support of the community outreach program for the deaf. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 15. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. thirty-three thousand two hundred dollars ($33,200) to conduct environmental assessments of public schools pursuant to the indoor air quality tools for schools program;

2. eighty-five thousand six hundred dollars ($85,600) to support the twenty-four-hour nurse advice line;

3. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to establish a cardiovascular disease prevention program;

4. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to establish a healthy New Mexico task force and develop and implement a strategic plan to prevent and manage chronic diseases;

5. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to develop a pilot project to provide special needs children a place to develop skills through horseback riding;

6. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a residential summer camp for children with autism spectrum disorder;

7. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for services for veterans exposed to uranium;

8. thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for rape crisis services in central New Mexico;

9. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide services to indigent cancer patients in Chaves, Eddy, Lea and Lincoln counties, including home health services, medications and transportation;

10. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the first step pre- and perinatal clinic to provide services, including prenatal, delivery and postnatal services, for uninsured low-income pregnant women with high-risk conditions in Dona Ana county;

11. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a regional treatment center for alcohol and substance abuse in Eddy county;

12. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for telehealth psychiatry conferencing and clinical consultation programs serving children, families and health care providers in Eddy county;

13. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a northern New Mexico traditional healing training program for substance abuse treatment in Rio Arriba county; and

14. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for operational support for women's health services in Santa Fe.

Section 16. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PROJECT.--Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of environment for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for a Ruidoso river restoration committee to determine the most effective means of controlling phosphorus and nitrogen in the Ruidoso river. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 17. VETERANS' SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the veterans' services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for integrative services for needy veterans; and

2. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for outreach programs for homeless veterans.

Section 18. CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and families department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. thirty-six thousand seven hundred dollars ($36,700) to provide children and families with access to a best-practices, character-building youth dance program offered in partnership with local school districts;

2. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to provide children and families with access to a best-practices, character-building youth dance program offered in partnership with local school districts in Colfax and Union counties;

3. three thousand seven hundred dollars ($3,700) for a youth dance program in Capitan to be conducted in partnership with a local school district;

4. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for domestic violence programs in Eddy and Otero counties;

5. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for learning enrichment programs for youth exiting detention facilities in Dona Ana county;

6. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the jardin de los ninos program in Dona Ana county;

7. forty-eight thousand one hundred seventy dollars ($48,170) for the no child left inside program in Santa Fe; and

8. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for transitional living services for homeless, abused and neglected youth in Taos county.

Section 19. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS PROJECT.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of military affairs for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to provide New Mexico active duty military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan with military equipment. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 20. PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for professional development in social studies and civics statewide;

2. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for education of middle and high school students in the use of advanced computers;

3. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for professional judgment of educators in the La Cueva and Eldorado clusters of the Albuquerque public school district;

4. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for students and families to participate in a best-practice, character-building youth dance program at Mission Avenue elementary school in the Albuquerque public school district;

5. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a job program at Nuestros Valores charter school in the Albuquerque public school district;

6. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for student and faculty training at the Moreno Valley charter high school in the Cimarron municipal school district;

7. seven thousand dollars ($7,000) for a parent conference and outreach activity for special needs children in the Gadsden independent school district;

8. ninety-four thousand seven hundred dollars ($94,700) to establish and support the activities of a districtwide student discipline advisory council in the Gadsden independent school district;

9. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the promise for success program in the Gadsden independent school district;

10. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the Los Lunas high school reform and college readiness project, including academic coaches, smaller learning communities and professional development through summer institutes;

11. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for an extended day program in the Santa Fe public school district;

12. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for music and athletic programs at Valley middle school in the west Las Vegas school district; and

13. thirteen thousand four hundred dollars ($13,400) for trophies, medals and printing costs for a statewide activities association.

Section 21. HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the higher education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. for the department, sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to continue the task force on cultural competence in health education;

2. for Luna community college, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for bridge scholarships;

3. for Mesalands community college, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the intercollegiate rodeo program;

4. for New Mexico junior college, one hundred forty-one thousand six hundred dollars ($141,600) for intercollegiate athletics; and

5. for Santa Fe community college:

(a) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a sign language interpreting program; and

(b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the nursing program.

Section 22. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to develop a land grant studies program;

2. thirty-three thousand dollars ($33,000) for the manufacturing engineering program;

3. eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) for the center for biomedical engineering for fluidless, noninvasive alcohol scanning devices;

4. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for sustainable education and work force development programs in biomedical engineering;

5. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the sustainability studies program;

6. one hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000) for the arts laboratory interdisciplinary film and digital media program;

7. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the department of media arts to provide digital media training and outreach for youth in Albuquerque;

8. one hundred one thousand seven hundred dollars ($101,700) for the indigenous nations library program;

9. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for international studies;

10. for the college of education:

(a) sixty-one thousand dollars ($61,000) for the family development program, including conducting research-based professional development workshops throughout the state and providing materials relative to early-childhood education; and

(b) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to develop and pilot a curriculum in youth leadership for civil rights;

11. one hundred forty-one thousand dollars ($141,000) to recruit and retain students and faculty for the Latin American studies program;

12. thirty-two thousand seven hundred dollars ($32,700) to recruit and retain faculty and enhance curriculum and outreach activities at the Latin American and Iberian institute and the Latin American studies program;

13. for the health sciences center:

(a) fifty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($51,700) for the integrative medicine program at the school of medicine;

(b) thirty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($31,700) for a career pathway program that encourages and retains underrepresented students in health sciences and health professions;

(c) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the center for Native American health to develop a student pipeline program in health careers at the Santa Fe Indian school; and

(d) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a comprehensive rural health care outreach program in cooperation with the cooperative extension service at New Mexico state university;

14. for the law school:

(a) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for mock trials;

(b) twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) for the Corinne Wolfe children's law center to provide training, technical assistance and research concerning abuse and neglect and juvenile justice; and

(c) fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) for the Utton transboundary resources center, including research, education and the promotion of sustainable use and management of the transboundary water resources;

15. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the Alfonso Ortiz center at the Maxwell museum;

16. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for scholarships for students enrolled in the reserve officer training corps;

17. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for Hispanic youth leadership training provided by a student-based organization at the university; and

18. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for operations at the south championship golf course.

Section 23. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. for the college of health and social services:

(a) one hundred sixty-six thousand seven hundred dollars ($166,700) for speech-language pathology and autism outreach services;

(b) twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to expand the communication disorders program to increase the number of speech-language pathologists in the public schools, in collaboration with the university of New Mexico; and

2. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the hotel, restaurant and tourism management prostart partnership;

3. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the pre-engineering program;

4. seventy-one thousand dollars ($71,000) for the science education enhancement and elementary and secondary teacher outreach program;

5. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for student travel expenses to national and regional agricultural secondary education events;

6. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the range improvement task force;

7. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for operating expenses of educational television KRWG;

8. to the New Mexico department of agriculture:

(a) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the farmers' market nutrition enhancement program;

(b) five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the sustainable agriculture research education center;

(c) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the Memorial middle school agriculture science center in the Las Vegas city public school district;

(d) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the east Torrance soil and water conservation district to conduct education and training programs;

(e) sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) for the support of the Canadian river soil and water conservation district;

(f) fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($14,700) for marketing research for the pecan industry;

(g) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the center for animal health and food defense; and

(h) forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for economic development and biodiesel algae research in Eddy county;

9. to the cooperative extension service:

(a) ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) for tribal cooperative extension centers to provide a base for intercultural youth programs, health-based programs and natural resource and agricultural information services that are currently not available in the targeted New Mexico tribal communities; and

(b) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the Bernalillo county extension service; and

10. to the Grants branch, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to increase the number of underrepresented minority students entering health profession programs.

Section 24. NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the men's wrestling program; and

2. six thousand seven hundred dollars ($6,700) for an educational outreach program with the university athletics support group.

Section 25. WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PROJECT.--Thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of western New Mexico university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to expand the nursing program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 26. EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of eastern New Mexico university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for operating expenses of educational television KENW;

2. one hundred forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars ($141,800) for the English as a second language institute;

3. one hundred forty thousand dollars ($140,000) for intercollegiate athletics; provided that at least seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) of this appropriation shall be used to provide athletic scholarships; and

4. for the Roswell branch:

(a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide counseling and other services for students enrolled in the special services program; and

(b) forty-six thousand seven hundred dollars ($46,700) to the dental services program for supplies necessary to provide dental services for low-income children and adults who have no other source for dental care.

Section 27. NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico institute of mining and technology for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. one hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($155,000) for the small business innovation research outreach program;

2. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the bureau of geology and mineral resources to conduct the decision-makers field conference;

3. forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for the science fair;

4. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for student outreach for science and engineering; and

5. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to engage high school students in a summer science program.

Section 28. NORTHERN NEW MEXICO STATE SCHOOL PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of northern New Mexico state school for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty-six thousand seven hundred dollars ($26,700) for the northern youth sports program; and

2. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a math and science academy to train teachers to improve their skills, technical knowledge and teaching techniques in science, mathematics and technology.

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