0001|                           SENATE BILL 107
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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|                               DON KIDD
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE ADULT LITERACY SERVICES
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0012|     THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
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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.--Two hundred fifty thousand
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0016|     dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to
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0017|     the library division of the office of cultural affairs for
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0018|     expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the purpose of contracting
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0019|     with a statewide nonprofit adult literacy organization to
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0020|     promote, coordinate and enhance adult and intergenerational
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0021|     literacy opportunities and services throughout the state. 
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0022|     This appropriation is designated for training, technical
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0023|     assistance and operating support for volunteer-based literacy
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0024|     programs statewide, emphasizing activities designed to
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0025|     interrupt intergenerational cycles of illiteracy and to
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0001|     promote public and private partnerships to address the
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0002|     challenge of illiteracy in New Mexico.  Any unexpended or
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0003|     unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999
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0004|     shall revert to the general fund.
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