HOUSE BILL 823

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

INTRODUCED BY

William E. Boykin







AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE JAIL DIVERSION SERVICES FOR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS IN DONA ANA COUNTY WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE INCARCERATED.



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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2002 to provide jail diversion services for mentally ill persons in Dona Ana county who would otherwise be incarcerated. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall revert to the general fund.

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