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AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE;

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES AND FUNDS FOR

VARIOUS PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.--The amounts and purposes

specified in the appropriations to the agencies set forth in

Sections 2 through 8 of this act may be expended in fiscal

years 1997 and 1998. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance

remaining from the appropriations specified in Sections 2

through 8 of this act at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall

revert to the general fund.

Section 2. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION--

APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is

appropriated from the general fund to the local government

division of the department of finance and administration for

the purpose of contracting with a nonprofit organization to

offer services to prevent juvenile crime, drug abuse and gang

activity, with staffing by off-duty and retired law

enforcement personnel in Albuquerque located in Bernalillo

county.

Section 3. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO--APPROPRIATIONS.--

The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund

to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for

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the following purposes:

A. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the

purpose of continuing a program that encourages adolescents to

prepare for college by guaranteeing admission to the

university of New Mexico if certain grade point average

criteria are met; and

B. two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)

for family development training programs for the purpose of

increasing the participation of low-income parents in the

education of their children.

Section 4. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION--

APPROPRIATIONS.--The following amounts are appropriated from

the general fund to the state department of public education

for the following purposes:

A. sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) for the

purpose of funding a pilot program to demonstrate and measure

the effectiveness of the self-assessment testing model for use

by secondary schools;

B. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the

purpose of funding the parents as teachers program in the

Ruidoso municipal school district in Lincoln county; and

C. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the

purpose of funding the Gavilan Canyon school adolescent day

treatment center in the Ruidoso municipal school district in

Lincoln county.

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Section 5. OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS--APPROPRIATION.--

Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the

general fund to the office of cultural affairs for the purpose

of establishing a tribal historic preservation office for the

Jicarilla Apache tribe located in Rio Arriba county.

Section 6. CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT--

APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is

appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and

families department for the purpose of contracting with

community providers for continuation of a statewide volunteer

program of companionship for at-risk low-income children six

to sixteen years of age from single-parent homes.

Section 7. EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY--

APPROPRIATION.--Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is

appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of

eastern New Mexico university for the purpose of providing

staff to maintain the exhibit building at Blackwater Draw, a

national historical site near Portales in Roosevelt county.

Section 8. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' EXPERT WITNESS FUND--

APPROPRIATION.--Contingent upon the enactment into law of

House Bill 307 of the second session of the forty-second

legislature, seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is

appropriated from the general fund to the district attorneys'

expert witness fund to carry out the purposes of the District

Attorneys' Expert Witness Act.

Section 9. EFFECTIVE DATE--CONTINGENCY.--The effective

date of the provision of this act is April 1, 1997, contingent

upon the enactment into law of Senate Bill 50 of the second

session of the forty-second legislature.

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