SENATE BILL 35

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2002

INTRODUCED BY

H. Diane Snyder





FOR THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM STUDY COMMITTEE



AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO EXPAND DRUG COURT PROGRAMS.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

A. The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2003 for adult and juvenile drug courts as follows:

(1) to the administrative office of the courts:

(a) one million four hundred twenty-five thousand seven hundred dollars ($1,425,700) to replace federal and other funds for existing drug courts;

(b) one million one hundred thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($1,132,500) to institute new juvenile drug courts in selected district courts; and

(c) three million eight hundred eighteen thousand two hundred dollars ($3,818,200) to enhance and expand existing drug courts;

(2) to the public defender department:

(a) thirty-three thousand dollars ($33,000) to replace federal funds for the juvenile court in the eighth judicial district;

(b) one hundred eighty-nine thousand dollars ($189,000) for costs associated with new juvenile drug courts in selected district courts; and

(c) sixty-three thousand three hundred dollars ($63,300) for costs associated with the expansion of the second judicial district adult drug court and for a social worker and public defender for the McKinley county magistrate driving while intoxicated program; and

(3) to the second judicial district attorney, forty-four thousand three hundred dollars ($44,300) for a screener to make referrals to the adult drug court.

B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2003 shall revert to the general fund.

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