SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 48

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES.

 

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

     SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--Three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative finance committee for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to contract with consultants to assess improvements needed to health benefits procurement to ensure fairness, health improvement and cost-effectiveness. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 2. JUDICIAL FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the administrative office of the courts, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Children's Code reform task force;

          B. to the court of appeals, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to improve and enhance the timely processing of judicial appeals;

          C. to the first judicial district court, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for off-site court operations to rent facilities and to contract for security and personnel to conduct jury trials in accordance with coronavirus disease 2019 safe practices;

          D. to the second judicial district court, sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for salary and benefits for a court services specialist to assist with case backlog and jury trials;

          E. to the third judicial district court, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase and install information technology improvements at court locations for remote hearings;

          F. to the eleventh judicial district court, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to upgrade courtroom technology;

          G. to the first judicial district attorney, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for an integrated prosecution, intervention and diversion data system; and

          H. to the sixth judicial district attorney, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and install forensic interviewing and information technology equipment.

     SECTION 3. GENERAL CONTROL FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the acequia and community ditch fund, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated for the New Mexico department of agriculture to carry out the purposes of the Acequia and Community Ditch Fund Act;

          B. to the land grant council, the following amounts are appropriated for the following purposes:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide youth development program services to land grants-mercedes;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to develop a cultural and educational youth program on the land grant heritage of the Cristobal de la Serna land grant-merced; and

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the land grant-merced de los Pueblos de Tierra Amarilla to support community programs, operate a community center and maintain various properties for community use;

          C. to the department of finance and administration, the following amounts are appropriated for the following purposes:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for the provision of civil legal services for immigrant families;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for civil legal services;

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the southwest New Mexico council of governments for the senior compassion fund;

                (4) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to provide funding for the economic development department to administer the healthy food financing initiative as part of the statewide hunger initiative; and

                (5) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for the New Mexico department of agriculture to administer the double up food bucks program in Dona Ana county as part of the statewide hunger initiative;

          D. to the local government division of the department of finance and administration, the following amounts are appropriated for the following projects:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for food security efforts in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties;

                (2) in Bernalillo county:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Albuquerque department of arts and culture for the historic route 66 anniversary history and celebration project;

                     (b) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for contractual services for operation of the route 66 visitors center;

                     (c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for Bernalillo county to contract for community outreach related to the route 66 visitor center;

                     (d) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to plan, design, construct and equip improvements for a therapeutic play and green space at the children's grief center in Albuquerque;

                     (e) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for services for mentoring African American students in Albuquerque;

                     (f) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's Fourth street revitalization project, which includes an outdoor classroom at the Larry P. Abraham agri-nature center; and

                     (g) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to repair and install new Vietnam veteran recognition plaques; repair the rock wall; and plan, design and construct new memorials honoring veterans from all military conflicts at the Tijeras veterans memorial;

                (3) in Chaves county:

                     (a) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for street repairs in Roswell;

                     (b) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase and equip vehicles for the Roswell police department; and

                     (c) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to purchase and equip pickup trucks for the Chaves county sheriff's office;

                (4) in Cibola county:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide domestic violence services in Grants;

                     (b) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase equipment for the Grants fire department;

                     (c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip Grants police vehicles;

                     (d) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase equipment and lighting for Kerns field in Milan; and

                     (e) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip Cibola county law enforcement vehicles;

                (5) in Dona Ana county:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide services to victims of child abuse and sexual abuse and provide child abuse prevention in Las Cruces;

                     (b) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to contract with a community organization to conduct an assessment of the needs for domestic violence services in Las Cruces;

                     (c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide services to victims of domestic violence in Las Cruces;

                     (d) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide services to the homeless population of Las Cruces;

                     (e) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to fund food security in Las Cruces and northern Dona Ana county; and

                     (f) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide senior citizen services in Las Cruces and northern Dona Ana county;

                (6) in Eddy county:

                     (a) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase and equip law enforcement vehicles for Carlsbad;

                     (b) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to renovate and equip the main entrance of the senior citizen center in Carlsbad with an entryway that is compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and

                     (c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip a vehicle and equipment for the Malaga mutual domestic water consumers and sewage works association;

                (7) in Grant county:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to support the Silver City clay festival; and

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for planning and development of Grant county parks and recreation;

                (8) in Lea county:

                     (a) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to upgrade and repair the Hobbs animal shelter; and

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to lease vehicles for the Jal senior citizen center;

                (9) in Lincoln county, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to restore murals in downtown Ruidoso;

                (10) in McKinley county:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip law enforcement vehicles for Gallup;

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip McKinley county public safety law enforcement vehicles; and

                     (c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip general use McKinley county vehicles;

                (11) in Otero county:

                     (a) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase and install security and surveillance equipment for Alamogordo municipal parks;

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and install ground cover and borders for Alamogordo municipal playgrounds;

                     (c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip public safety law enforcement vehicles for Alamogordo; and

                     (d) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to plan, design and construct utility improvements and upgrades to the Tularosa Basin museum of history;

                (12) in Roosevelt county, one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to purchase and equip vehicles for the Roosevelt county sheriff's office;

                (13) in San Juan county:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to plan, design and construct Scott reservoir in Bloomfield; and

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for Bloomfield irrigation district canal maintenance;

                (14) in Sierra county:

                     (a) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to re-roof municipal buildings in Elephant Butte; and

                     (b) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to purchase a blade truck for Sierra county;

                (15) in Socorro county, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip public safety vehicles and narcotics investigations in the Socorro county sheriff's office;

                (16) in San Miguel county, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to renovate Creston park in Las Vegas;

                (17) in Taos county, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase snow clearing vehicles and equipment for Taos county roads;

                (18) in Torrance county, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to plan, design, construct, renovate and equip an investigation and evidence building in Torrance county; and

                (19) in Valencia county:

                     (a) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for improvements to Eagle park in Belen;

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase technological new generation 911 for public safety car radios and computers in Bosque Farms;

                     (c) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for communications equipment upgrades for the Valencia county sheriff's office; and

                     (d) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for body cameras for Valencia county sheriff's deputies; and

          E. to the state personnel office, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated for training on the provisions of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.

     SECTION 4. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the economic development department:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the outdoor equity grant program fund to carry out the purposes of the fund; and

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the New Mexico outdoor recreation division to develop an outdoor recreation plan for the Rio Grande trail;

          B. to the office of superintendent of insurance, three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) to contract with consultants and hire staff to conduct research related to the possible adoption of the Health Security Act, including costs, quality of delivered care and administrative requirements; and

          C. to the regulation and licensing department, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the financial institutions division to evaluate licensing, examination and enforcement rules and practices and make recommendations to improve and implement consumer protections and effective oversight of nondepository financial institutions and licenses under the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955, including expanded audit procedures and anti-evasion compliance strategies.

     SECTION 5. AGRICULTURE, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the cultural affairs department:

                (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for historic land research to determine culturally significant sites in the state; and

                (2) for the historic preservation division, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for restoration of the historic Tijeras church; and

          B. to the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department:

                (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to renovate trails, pathways and exhibits to ensure that Living Desert zoo and gardens state park meets federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and United States department of agriculture requirements; and

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for structural and other improvements needed to renovate or replace visitor center exhibits and trails and to construct storage for artifacts and collections, including upgrades to the visitor center and ranch house, at Oliver Lee memorial state park.

     SECTION 6. HEALTH, HOSPITALS AND HUMAN SERVICES FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the office on African American affairs, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the women's leadership program;

          B. to the Indian affairs department:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to support special projects on the indigenous wisdom curriculum for Native American students;

                (2) one hundred forty thousand dollars ($140,000) for the Pueblo of Jemez to acquire a dumpster truck and other equipment;

                (3) sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the Jicarilla Apache willow creek agriculture construction project;

                (4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to plan, design and construct a Mescalero veterans' memorial; and

                (5) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for leadership and education programs for Native American youth;

          C. to the aging and long-term services department, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for New-Mexico-grown produce for senior center meals programs;

          D. to the human services department:

                (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to develop a comprehensive behavioral health plan;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative to develop a comprehensive behavioral health plan;

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a homeless shelter and community mental health center in Santa Fe in Santa Fe county; and

                (4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for rural outreach to persons with substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders, as well as outreach to the homeless through evidence-based peer support using peer-driven services, in Taos county;

          E. to the department of health:

                (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the center for health innovation;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to match federal funds to expand the senior farmers' market nutrition program;

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for social worker recruitment;

                (4) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to expand services for education, prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus and to expand access to reproductive health care and pregnancy services;

                (5) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the office of school and adolescent health for the generation justice program that provides youth development in leadership skills and media production;

                (6) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for local health councils statewide;

                (7) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for a statewide dance program in public schools for low-income, at-risk students;

                (8) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for medical equipment at San Juan regional medical center; and

                (9) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to fund the Sandoval county health council;

          F. to the department of environment:

                (1) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to protect public health from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals; and

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for water system improvements for the Canon mutual domestic water consumers and sewage works association;

          G. to the veterans' services department:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide transportation to medical appointments for veterans; and

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to provide services for veterans experiencing homelessness and for suicide prevention; and

          H. to the children, youth and families department:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for marketing and promotion of youth mentoring programs in southeastern New Mexico;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for the provision of domestic violence shelter services in Santa Fe county; and

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide services addressing complex needs of children, adults and families impacted by the trauma of sexual or domestic violence in Taos county.

     SECTION 7. PUBLIC SAFETY FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the crime victims reparation commission for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the following projects and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide civil legal services to children with guardianship issues;

          B. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to coordinate revisions to the Family Violence Protection Act and to provide services to victims of violent crime; and

          C. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide for sexual assault service providers.

     SECTION 8. OTHER EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the following projects and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for school-based inclusion programs to foster one-to-one friendships between students with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities;

          B. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the expansion of the statewide media literacy program;

          C. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to contract with a nonprofit youth development program dedicated to helping young people graduate from high school;

          D. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase a school activities bus for the Animas public school district; and

          E. three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for career technical education programs at the Rio Rancho public school district.

     SECTION 9. HIGHER EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--

          A. The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes specified. Unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. To the higher education department, the following amounts are appropriated for the following purposes:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract with an accredited provider of adult basic education to award adult general education credentials using a pay-for-completion model for reimbursement;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for services related to adult literacy services and training;

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to support the statewide higher education food and housing insecurity survey to provide baseline data for students at public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges;

                (4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to enhance transaction capability for the public service law loan repayment program to recruit and train attorneys for the public defender department and district attorneys;

                (5) for Santa Fe community college:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for the provision of effective project-based science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs for students twelve through eighteen years of age, with a focus on girls and underrepresented minorities in northern New Mexico; and

                     (b) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the first born home visiting training and technical assistance model program;

                (6) for central New Mexico community college:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics education outreach for young children and educators at a science center and children's museum in Albuquerque; and

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a landscape assessment; and

                (7) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for New Mexico junior college to purchase and install portable teaching laboratories for welding.

          C. To the board of regents of the university of New Mexico, the following amounts are appropriated for the following purposes:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the bureau of business and economic research to evaluate the fiscal impact on state and local governments of the proposed Santolina development in Bernalillo county;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the community internship program of Chicana and Chicano studies;

                (3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the graduate and professional student association, health science student grant account to support health science student expenses to serve clinical rotations in rural New Mexico;

                (4) ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) for media upgrades at the school of law;

                (5) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to provide professional assistance devoted to the mental health and physical well-being of student athletes; and

                (6) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the student mentoring program to provide government training for high school students and minority student services.

          D. To the board of regents of New Mexico state university, the following amounts are appropriated for the following purposes:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase a pickup truck for the animal and range sciences department to haul livestock to and from the main campus to the college ranch;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the campus safety prevention through environmental design campus safety improvements;

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide professional assistance devoted to the mental health and physical well-being of student athletes;

                (4) three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) for the Anna, age eight institute;

                (5) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to purchase and install equipment for the agricultural science center at Farmington;

                (6) for the New Mexico department of agriculture:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to plan and implement a statewide New Mexico agriculture marketing campaign;

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for statewide youth agricultural education programs; and

                     (c) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase equipment for the western Mora soil and water conservation district; and

                (7) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the agriculture experiment station to purchase and install weather stations throughout the state.

          E. To the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is appropriated to provide academic support for student athletes.

          F. To the board of regents of western New Mexico university, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated for the indigenous student program.

          G. To the board of regents of eastern New Mexico university, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated for the Ruidoso branch campus for the workforce development program.

          H. To the board of regents of northern New Mexico state school, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated to create a four-acre small demonstration farm using traditional, sustainable and regenerative agricultural principles and values, the college's acequia program and modernized farming techniques.

     SECTION 10. LEGISLATIVE FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative finance committee for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 to contract with a consultant to assess improvement of New Mexico's procurement of health benefits to assure fairness, health improvement and cost effectiveness. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.

     SECTION 11. JUDICIAL FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise specified, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the court of appeals, one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to improve and enhance the timely processing of judicial appeals;

          B. to the supreme court, one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to purchase equipment for remote trials and to employ information technology staff;

          C. to the administrative office of the courts:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to create an office of family representation and advocacy, contingent on the enactment of Senate Bill 31, House Bill 46 or similar legislation of the second session of the fifty-fifth legislature;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for statewide off-site jury hearings; and

                (3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to expand the New Mexico state bar's volunteer attorney pool to provide legal assistance to low- and moderate-income persons;

          D. to the fifth judicial district attorney:

                (1) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to provide advocacy for child victims of abuse and neglect and to provide supervised visitation services;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for transitional housing for victims of domestic violence; and

                (3) one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) to contract for rape crisis services; and

          E. to the district attorney of the eleventh judicial district, division 1, one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for salary and benefits for a full-time attorney.

     SECTION 12. GENERAL CONTROL FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.--

          A. The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the purposes specified. Unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. To the acequia and community ditch fund, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated for the New Mexico department of agriculture to carry out the purposes of the Acequia and Community Ditch Fund Act.

          C. To the land grant council, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated to provide youth development program services to land grants-mercedes.

          D. To the office of the attorney general, one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is appropriated for salary and benefits for a missing indigenous persons specialist, contingent on the enactment of Senate Bill 12 or similar legislation of the second session of the fifty-fifth legislature.

          E. To the department of finance and administration, the following amounts are appropriated for the following purposes:

                (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the acequia and community ditch education program;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to coordinate language access in state government; and

                (3) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to contract with a provider to use the project ECHO model of virtual training and telementoring to train and support attorneys and lay advocates in providing free civil legal services.

          F. To the local government division of the department of finance and administration, the following amounts are appropriated for the following purposes:

                (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the north central New Mexico economic development district to hire staff and consultants to provide grant research, grant writing and technical assistance for communities within the district;

                (2) in Bernalillo county, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Albuquerque department of arts and culture to support coronavirus disease 2019 economic recovery in the culture sector;

                (3) in Dona Ana county, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract with a community organization to provide permanent supportive housing to the homeless with disabilities and their families in Las Cruces;

                (4) in Grant county, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a multi-stage bicycle race in Silver City and the surrounding area to promote outdoor recreation and tourism; and

                (5) in San Juan county, two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for an unarmed de-escalation medical community risk reduction response unit in Farmington.

          G. To the state personnel office, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated to employ a diversity officer, contingent on the enactment of Senate Bill 163, House Bill 126 or similar legislation of the second session of the fifty-fifth legislature.

          H. To the secretary of state, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is appropriated for hardware, software, licensing fees and contractual services for election security programs.

     SECTION 13. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the economic development department, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the New Mexico outdoor recreation division to plan the Rio Grande trail in coordination with the Rio Grande trail commission;

          B. to the office of superintendent of insurance, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to hire staff, seek technical assistance and contract with consultants to conduct research and design a system of guaranteed comprehensive health coverage for most New Mexicans;

          C. to the regulation and licensing department, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the construction industries division to hire additional inspectors; and

          D. to the tourism department, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to contract for services for athletic competitions for people with disabilities.

     SECTION 14. AGRICULTURE, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the cultural affairs department:

                (1) for the museum of space history division, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for exhibits, programs and personnel;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide music education, concerts and symphony performances for school children in Chaves county; and

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to fund a performing arts program using a performing arts venue to extend outreach to youth in school groups in Santa Fe in Santa Fe county;

          B. to the energy, minerals and natural resources department:

                (1) one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) to increase the program leadership and support program of the department;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for planning, administration and oversight of uranium mine remediation and cleanup; and

                (3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the oil conservation division for methane waste prevention, enforcement and compliance;

          C. to the office of the state engineer:

                (1) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for salary and benefits for a full-time employee and operational expenses of the water resource allocation program;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to implement the Water Data Act; and

                (3) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to develop and implement a watershed management plan and community engagement for the Rio Santa Cruz basin in the Santa Cruz irrigation district; and

          D. to the New Mexico livestock board, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the horse shelter rescue fund.

     SECTION 15. HEALTH, HOSPITALS AND HUMAN SERVICES FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. to the office on African American affairs, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to fund the cornerstones of entrepreneurship program;

          B. to the commission for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to contract for support services for deaf and deaf-blind clients;

          C. to the Indian affairs department:

                (1) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for salary and benefits for a specialist and data analyst;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for grants to support special projects;

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to support initiatives of the indigenous youth council; and

                (4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to support the missing and murdered indigenous women initiative;

          D. to the aging and long-term services department:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide New-Mexico-grown produce for senior center meals programs;

                (2) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for senior center programs and improvements;

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide meals to senior citizens at the Joy senior centers in Chaves county; and

                (4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for operational expenses of senior citizen centers in San Juan county;

          E. to the human services department, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a homeless shelter and supportive housing program in Santa Fe in Santa Fe county;

          F. to the department of health:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the public health division to contract to provide youth and teen mental health education and awareness, suicide prevention classes and professional development training for adults working with youth and teens, including rural and frontier areas that lack access to mental health education and training programs;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the family success laboratory initiative to address poverty in the state that uses integrated administrative data for research and analysis;

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to match federal funds to expand the senior farmers' market nutrition program to provide vouchers for purchasing New-Mexico-grown fruits and vegetables to additional eligible low-income seniors;

                (4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for a program that provides youth development to reduce risk factors and promote resiliency through programming for youth who are being trained in leadership development, media production, narrative strategy, civic engagement and early childhood development;

                (5) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the office of school and adolescent health for the generation justice program that provides youth development in leadership skills and media production;

                (6) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for county and tribal health councils;

                (7) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for a statewide dance program for low-income, at-risk students in public schools;

                (8) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide suicide prevention and counseling services in Chaves county; and

                (9) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to fund the Grant county community health council;

          G. to the department of environment, one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for planning, administration and oversight of uranium mine remediation and cleanup; and

          H. to the children, youth and families department:

                (1) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for domestic violence programs to expand coordinated community response systems;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to provide culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health and social services to immigrant and refugee families;

                (3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to provide peer support and referrals to families with children in need of behavioral health services;

                (4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide education, recreation and counseling services to underserved youth in Chaves county;

                (5) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to provide domestic violence services in Otero county; and

                (6) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide domestic violence shelter services in Santa Fe in Santa Fe county.

     SECTION 16. PUBLIC SAFETY FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.--The following amounts are appropriated to the crime victims reparation commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to provide services to victims of human trafficking; and

          B. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for sexual assault nurse examinations.

     SECTION 17. OTHER EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.--The following amounts are appropriated to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:

          A. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to contract for abstinence education in rural schools across the state;

          B. two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for career technical education programs around the state;

          C. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the expansion of the statewide media literacy program;

          D. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a contractor to directly support students in gaining core media skills and support teachers in digital media literacy;

          E. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the graduation, reality and dual-role skills program;

          F. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for school-based inclusion programs to foster one-to-one friendships between students with and students without intellectual and developmental disabilities; and

          G. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract with a nonprofit youth development program dedicated to helping at-risk young people graduate from high school and make successful transitions to post-secondary education or meaningful employment.

     SECTION 18. HIGHER EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.--

          A. The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the purposes specified. Unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. To the higher education department, the following amounts are appropriated for the specified purposes:

                (1) for central New Mexico community college:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for job training for the deep dive program; and

                     (b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics education outreach programs for young children and educators from a hands-on science center and children's museum in Albuquerque;

                (2) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to New Mexico junior college for wrap-around student support services; and 

                (3) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to San Juan college for the economic development harvest food hub.

          C. To the board of regents of the university of New Mexico, the following amounts are appropriated for the specified purposes:

                (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for operating costs and program expansion of Chicana and Chicano studies;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide education abroad opportunities for students in ethnic studies;

                (3) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to provide professional assistance devoted to the mental health and physical well-being of student athletes;

                (4) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to increase instruction and for general purposes at the Taos branch campus for career services and workforce development programs, including construction technology, digital media, culinary arts and health services;

                 (5) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for support of the mock trial program;

                (6) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for operational expenses at the university of New Mexico press;

                (7) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the reserve officers' training corps program;

                (8) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the high school forensics, speech and debate program;

                (9) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the student mentoring program to provide government training of high school students and minority student services; and

                (10) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to expand the services of the wild friends program to provide experiential civic and science education to underserved New Mexico students in fourth through twelfth grades.

          D. To the board of regents of New Mexico state university, the following amounts are appropriated for the specified purposes:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for instruction and general purposes in the college of engineering for space commercialization;

                (2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for salary and benefits for a full-time production livestock and judging instructor in the animal and range sciences department;

                (3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for critical staff positions that support student success endeavors, such as news 22 and other opportunities, and vital equipment maintenance;

                (4) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to the Alamogordo branch campus for the allied health and workforce development programs;

                (5) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for Dona Ana community college to hire a full-time administrative assistant and billing specialist to increase operations at the clinic and external sites and to recruit and retain part-time clinical faculty;

                (6) for the Grants branch campus:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for instruction and general purposes for workforce development programs; and

                     (b) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for nursing development programs;

                (7) to the New Mexico department of agriculture, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for future farmers of America programs;

                (8) for the agricultural experiment station:

                     (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the viticulture research program; and

                     (b) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for operation and maintenance of weather stations throughout the state;

                (9) for the cooperative extension service:

                     (a) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for salary and benefits for a full-time farm and ranch economist in the cooperative extension service; and

                     (b) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the youth leadership program for 4-H;

                (10) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the Anna, age eight institute;

                (11) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the New Mexico water resources research institute for its strategic cropping project for water demand and to assess impacts of alternative agricultural land use strategies on water budgets and agricultural economies; and

                (12) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide professional assistance devoted to the mental health and physical well-being of student athletes.

          E. To the board of regents of western New Mexico university, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is appropriated to establish an early childhood mental health program.

          F. To the board of regents of eastern New Mexico university, the following amounts are appropriated for the specified purposes:

                (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the Roswell branch instruction and general purposes for the vocational technical program;

                (2) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to increase funding for the athletic department; and

                (3) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the public television station, KENW.

          G. To the board of regents of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology, the following amounts are appropriated for the specified purposes:

                (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the bureau of geology and mineral resources to implement the Water Data Act;

                (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the cybersecurity center of excellence; and

                (3) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the geophysical research center for continued research.

          H. To the board of regents of northern New Mexico state school, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated to contract for services to engage local youth in arts, cultural engagement and sustainable agriculture.

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