State of New Mexico
                      House of Representatives
  
                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
  
  
                                                    March 4, 1997
  
  
  Mr. Speaker:
  
       Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom
  has been referred
  
                  HOUSE BILL 338, as amended
                               
  has had it under consideration and reports same with
  recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
       1.  Strike House Judiciary Committee Amendment 3.
  
       2.  On pages 3 and 4, strike all of Section 2 and insert in
  lieu thereof:
  
       "Section 2.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--RISK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT--
  CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.--The criminal and juvenile justice
  coordinating council shall advise the children, youth and families
  department on the development and validation of a risk assessment
  instrument and classification system for use by the children, youth
  and families department.  The criminal and juvenile justice
  coordinating council and the children, youth and families department
  shall provide periodic progress reports to the appropriate
  legislative interim committees.  The risk assessment instrument
  shall be operational by October 1, 1997.
  
       Section 3.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--JUVENILE CORRECTIONS BEDS.--
  The children, youth and families department shall acquire, install,
  equip and furnish a total of two fifty-bed secure modulars to house
  high-risk youthful offenders, one at the New Mexico boys' school and
  one at the youth diagnostic and development center.".
  
       3.  Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.
  
                                Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                                                                                               
                                                              Max Coll, Chairman
  
  
  Adopted                       Not Adopted                       
            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
  
                         Date             
  
  The roll call vote was  9  For  0  Against
  Yes:      9
            Excused:  Abeyta, Garcia, M.H., Heaton, Knowles, Marquardt,
            Picraux, Taylor, J.P., Watchman
            Absent:   None
  
  
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