MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE NEW MEXICO LIVESTOCK BOARD TO IMPLEMENT THE LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR SERIES RECLASSIFICATION PLAN; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is appropriated from the New Mexico livestock board's cash balances to the board's interim receipts and disbursement fund for expenditure in fiscal years 1998 through 2000 to implement the livestock inspector series reclassification plan with salary changes consistent with compa-ratio levels for those inspectors whose salaries are currently within the range of their proposed grade and salary increases up to a minimum level for those inspectors whose current salaries are below the minimum of their proposed grade. The positions shall be budgeted in the base budget request for subsequent years. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal 2000 shall revert to the New Mexico livestock board's general fund.

Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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