SENATE BILL 98

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

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Kay Papen

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PRETRIAL TRIAGE SERVICES FOR NONVIOLENT, MENTALLY ILL MISDEMEANOR DETAINEES IN DONA ANA COUNTY.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred seventy-two thousand dollars ($172,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to provide pretrial triage services in magistrate court for nonviolent, mentally ill misdemeanor detainees in Dona Ana county. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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