HOUSE BILL 10

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Luciano "Lucky" Varela

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE EXPENDITURES; ENACTING NEW SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2008 TO REDUCE CERTAIN GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 AND TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

     Section 1. A new section of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS.--

          A. Except as provided in Subsections B through E of this section, all amounts set out under the general fund column in Section 4 of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 are reduced by two and one-half percent rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100).

          B. In lieu of the reduction made in Subsection A of this section, the general fund appropriations in Section 4 of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 to the following agencies are reduced by the specified percentage, rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100):

                (1) the personnel board, the public employee labor relations board, the regulation and licensing department, the energy, minerals and natural resources department, the state engineer and the department of environment are reduced by five percent;

                (2) the economic development department is reduced by three and nine-tenths percent;

                (3) the public education department is reduced by three and eight-tenths percent;

                (4) the taxation and revenue department, the cultural affairs department and the aging and long-term services department are reduced by three percent;

                (5) the veterans' services department is reduced by two and four-tenths percent;

                (6) the public defender department is reduced by two and two-tenths percent;

                (7) the workforce solutions department is reduced by two and one-tenth percent;

                (8) the corrections department and the department of public safety are reduced by one and nine-tenths percent;

                (9) the division of vocational rehabilitation is reduced by one and eight-tenths percent;

                (10) the developmental disabilities planning council is reduced by one and six-tenths percent;

                (11) the supreme court law library, the New Mexico compilation commission, the judicial standards commission, the court of appeals, the supreme court, the administrative office of the courts, the supreme court building commission, the district courts and the Bernalillo county metropolitan court are reduced by one and four-tenths percent; and

                (12) the appropriation to the lieutenant governor is not reduced.

          C. In lieu of the reduction made in Subsection A of this section, the general fund appropriations in Section 4 of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 to the medical assistance program of the human services department and the medicaid behavioral health program of the human services department are reduced by one percent rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100).

          D. After the reduction pursuant to Subsection C of this section, the general fund appropriation in Section 4 of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 to the medical assistance program of the human services department in the other category is further reduced by twenty-four million five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($24,550,000).

          E. After the reduction pursuant to Subsection A of this section, the general fund appropriation in Section 4 of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 to the transportation distribution for public schools is further reduced by four million dollars ($4,000,000).

          F. Where required as part of the operating budget approval process, the state budget division of the department of finance and administration shall reduce all appropriations set out under the other state funds, internal service funds/interagency transfers and federal funds columns to reflect the revised general fund appropriations."

     Section 2. A new section of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.--Subject to review and approval by the department of finance and administration pursuant to Sections 6-3-23 through 6-3-25 NMSA 1978, during fiscal year 2009 each agency may request category transfers between any categories of a program and between programs. The authority granted by this section is in addition to the budget adjustment authority granted in Section 10 of the General Appropriation Act of 2008."

     Section 3. A new section of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] REDUCTION TO SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.--The nine hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($935,000) appropriated from the general fund in Subsection (30) of Section 5 of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 to the department of finance and administration to develop a training model for financial transaction recording and reporting is reduced to six hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($635,000)."

     Section 4. A new section of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] REDUCTIONS TO COMPENSATION APPROPRIATIONS.--All general fund appropriations and distributions in Section 8 of the General Appropriation Act of 2008 are reduced by two and one-half percent rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100); provided that each agency shall use category transfers, cash balances, vacancy savings and other available funds to provide the salary increases provided for in that section and in Laws 2008, Chapter 6, Section 43."

     Section 5. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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