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

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF SERVICES 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 operation of juvenile community corrections programs that are specifically designed to reintegrate into their own homes or communities children currently placed in institutions operated by the juvenile justice division of the children, youth and families department. 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.