0001|                            HOUSE BILL 44
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MIGUEL P. GARCIA
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF
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0012|     ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY SENTENCING BOARDS IN NEW MEXICO.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Twenty thousand dollars
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0016|     ($20,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0017|     criminal and juvenile justice coordinating council for
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0018|     expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the purpose of conducting
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0019|     a feasibility study regarding the establishment of community
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0020|     sentencing boards in New Mexico.  The criminal and juvenile
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0021|     justice coordinating council shall gather information
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0022|     regarding the operation of existing community sentencing
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0023|     boards in New York City, Vermont, Austin, El Paso and the
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0024|     Canadian province of Saskatchewan and report its findings to
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0025|     the legislature no later than December 1, 1998.  Any
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0001|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0002|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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