44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first special session, 1999

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE EXPENDITURES; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FROM LEGISLATIVE CASH BALANCES FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE SPECIAL SESSION AND RENOVATION OF THE FORMER STATE LIBRARY BUILDING AND THE STATE CAPITOL; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

Section 1. SPECIAL SESSION--APPROPRIATION.--

A. The following amounts are appropriated from the legislative council service cash balances for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the following expenses of the first special session of the forty-fourth legislature:

(1) for the expense of the house of representatives, two hundred seventy thousand seven hundred sixty-four dollars ($270,764) to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the speaker and the chief clerk of the house of representatives;

(2) for the expense of the senate, two hundred sixty-four thousand six hundred seventy-nine dollars ($264,679) to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the chairman of the committees' committee and the chief clerk of the senate; and

(3) for the expense of the legislative council service, the joint billroom and the legislative switchboard, ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the legislative service or his authorized representative.

B. Following adjournment of the first special session of the forty-fourth legislature, expenditures authorized in this section shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the legislative council service or his authorized representative.

Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the legislative cash balances of the legislative council service to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years 1999 through 2001 to complete the renovation of the former state library building and for associated renovations in the state capitol. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2001 shall not revert to the general fund.

Section 3. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.