HOUSE BILL 235

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Mimi Stewart

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF SERVICES AND PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION FOR YOUTH SUBJECT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and families department for expenditure in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose of contracting for services and expansion of program alternatives to incarceration for youth subject to the criminal justice system. These services shall include a statewide evaluation of the entire juvenile corrections program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the general fund.

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