0001|                           SENATE BILL 161
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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|                          RICHARD M. ROMERO
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH DROPOUT PREVENTION
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0012|     PROGRAMS AT HIGH SCHOOLS IN BERNALILLO, SANTA FE AND VALENCIA
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0013|     COUNTIES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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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.--One million dollars
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0017|     ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0018|     state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal
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0019|     years 1998 and 1999 for the purpose of contracting with a
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0020|     private nonprofit organization to establish dropout prevention
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0021|     programs at Valley, Los Lunas, Rio Grande and West Mesa high
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0022|     schools and Santa Fe Indian school in Bernalillo, Santa Fe and
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0023|     Valencia counties.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0024|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the
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0025|     general fund.
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0001|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0002|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0003|     immediately.
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