HOUSE BILL 35

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Christine Trujillo

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO FUND PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT SERVICES.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the corrections department for expenditure in fiscal year 2016 to fund services offered through contracts with rape crisis centers pursuant to the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2016 shall revert to the general fund.

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