SENATE BILL 536

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

John Arthur Smith

AN ACT

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES.

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

     SECTION 1. COURT APPROPRIATION.--

          A. The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal years 2019 and 2020:

                (1) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for special court services;

                (2) one million dollars ($1,000,000) to pay for general services department rate increases; and

                (3) one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the district courts to manage the implementation of guardianship reform.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2020 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION.--

          A. The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years 2019 and 2020:

                (1) one million dollars ($1,000,000) to replace legislator and staff computers and printers; and

                (2) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for a space study of the capitol and capitol north to provide necessary office space for year-round permanent legislative committee staff.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2020 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 3. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATION.--Five million nine hundred thousand dollars ($5,900,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2019 to pay prior-year budget deficits due to over-reversions. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2019 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 4. STATE RACING COMMISSION APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state racing commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2019 for court reporting services. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2019 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 5. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH APPROPRIATION.--Two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2019 to cover funding deficits for rising costs for clients on the two developmental disability waivers. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2019 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 6. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to reestablish men's and women's sports that the board eliminated in 2018. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2020 shall revert to the general fund.

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