0001|                            HOUSE BILL 91
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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|                          R. DAVID PEDERSON
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0008|      FOR THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
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0012|     COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A STUDY OF
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0013|     ISSUES RELATED TO CAPITAL FELONY CASES.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Thirty-five thousand dollars
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0017|     ($35,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0018|     criminal and juvenile justice coordinating council for
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0019|     expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the purpose of conducting
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0020|     a study of issues, including sentencing policies, related to
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0021|     capital felony cases in New Mexico.  The council shall report
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0022|     its findings to an interim legislative committee with
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0023|     jurisdiction over criminal law issues no later than October
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0024|     31, 1998.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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0025|     the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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