HOUSE BILL 168

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

Rebecca Dow and Harry Garcia and Brian G. Baca and Randal S. Crowder and Luis M. Terrazas

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE VETERANS' SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE DISABLED VETERANS WITH TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the veterans' services department for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 through 2025 to establish a program to provide disabled veterans with transportation to and from medical appointments. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2025 shall revert to the general fund.

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