0001|                           SENATE BILL 361
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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|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CORRECTIONS PLANNING; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO
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0012|     THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A
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0013|     LONG-RANGE CORRECTIONS AND CRIME CONTROL STUDY; DECLARING AN
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0014|     EMERGENCY. 
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-five thousand dollars
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0018|     ($75,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0019|     legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years
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0020|     1998 and 1999 for an interim committee appointed by the New
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0021|     Mexico legislative council and appropriate staff to conduct a
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0022|     long-range, statewide corrections and crime control study. 
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0023|     The committee shall develop a balanced and responsive
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0024|     corrections policy in coordination with the criminal and
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0025|     juvenile justice coordinating council, the corrections
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0001|     department and the department of public safety that includes
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0002|     establishing appropriate rehabilitation programs and providing
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0003|     oversight of the construction of corrections facilities.  Any
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0004|     unencumbered or unexpended balance remaining at the end of
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0005|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund. 
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0006|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0007|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0008|     immediately.
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