HOUSE BILL 571

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Jose A. Campos

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DATABASE AND SYSTEM FOR USE DURING EMERGENCIES, DISASTERS AND ACTS OF TERRORISM.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Eight hundred forty thousand dollars ($840,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the homeland security and emergency management department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to develop a coordinated information management database and integrated communications system for use in emergencies, disasters and acts of terrorism. The database and system shall address all phases of emergency management, support implementation of the national incident management system and provide web access for Guadalupe and De Baca counties by tracking expenditures and resources used during emergencies, disasters or acts of terrorism. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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