0001| HOUSE BILL 109 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| MIMI STEWART | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| FOR THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN ARRAY OF | 0013| SERVICES TO CHILDREN AT RISK OF BEING REFERRED OR CHILDREN | 0014| REFERRED TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE CHILDREN, YOUTH | 0015| AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; | 0016| AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SEVERANCE TAX BONDS. | 0017| | 0018| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0019| Section 1. ARRAY OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AT | 0020| RISK OF BEING REFERRED OR CHILDREN REFERRED TO THE JUVENILE | 0021| JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES | 0022| DEPARTMENT--FINDINGS.-- | 0023| A. The legislature finds that it is in the interest | 0024| of the state to continue to make available a wide array of | 0025| comprehensive and effective services, programs and facilities | 0001| for children at risk of being referred or children referred to | 0002| the juvenile justice division of the children, youth and | 0003| families department. | 0004| B. It is the intent of the legislature that a | 0005| balanced and restorative juvenile justice system be premised | 0006| upon the guiding principles of community protection, | 0007| accountability and competency development. | 0008| C. It is the intent of the legislature that juvenile | 0009| justice services and programs be: | 0010| (1) provided by state employees; or | 0011| (2) provided via contracts for the services or | 0012| programs, pursuant to the provisions of the Procurement Code. | 0013| D. It is the intent of the legislature that when the | 0014| children, youth and families department contemplates enlarging | 0015| or changing the operation of an existing juvenile justice | 0016| facility, express legislative approval be given prior to the | 0017| enlargement or change. | 0018| Section 2. ARRAY OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AT | 0019| RISK OF BEING REFERRED OR CHILDREN REFERRED TO THE JUVENILE | 0020| JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES | 0021| DEPARTMENT--APPROPRIATIONS.-- | 0022| A. To provide an array of services and programs for | 0023| children at risk of being referred or children referred to the | 0024| juvenile justice division of the children, youth and families | 0025| department, the following amounts are appropriated from the | 0001| general fund to the children, youth and families department for | 0002| expenditure in fiscal year 1997 for the following purposes: | 0003| (1) two hundred fifty thousand dollars | 0004| ($250,000) for the purpose of contracting with community-based | 0005| providers for the provision of community and victim restoration | 0006| programs, including mentoring programs, mediation programs and | 0007| community involvement programs; | 0008| (2) eight hundred thirty-two thousand dollars | 0009| ($832,000) for the purpose of hiring eighteen additional | 0010| full-time employees to provide informal probation services. | 0011| The informal probation services shall include the provision of | 0012| front-end services, early intervention services and diversionary | 0013| services to children at risk of being referred or children | 0014| referred to the juvenile justice division of the children, youth | 0015| and families department; | 0016| (3) two hundred fifty-six thousand dollars | 0017| ($256,000) for the purpose of contracting with community-based | 0018| providers for the provision of family preservation programs for | 0019| children at risk of being removed from their homes; | 0020| (4) one hundred ninety thousand dollars | 0021| ($190,000) for the purpose of providing a statewide sex offender | 0022| program for children adjudicated or at risk of being adjudicated | 0023| for a sexual offense. The statewide sex offender program for | 0024| children shall include program services at the New Mexico boys' | 0025| school, the New Mexico girls' school and the youth diagnostic | 0001| and development center. The statewide sex offender program | 0002| shall also provide assessment services, treatment services and | 0003| aftercare services; | 0004| (5) nine hundred sixty-four thousand dollars | 0005| ($964,000) for the purpose of expanding the statewide operation | 0006| of assessment and diagnostic units. The appropriation shall | 0007| include money for converting two full-time employees from term | 0008| to permanent employees and hiring nine additional full-time | 0009| employees to ensure that each judicial district in the state has | 0010| an assessment and diagnostic unit; | 0011| (6) one million two hundred thousand dollars | 0012| ($1,200,000) for the purpose of contracting for the operation of | 0013| juvenile community corrections programs that are specifically | 0014| designed to reintegrate into their own homes or communities | 0015| children currently placed in institutions operated by the | 0016| juvenile justice division of the children, youth and families | 0017| department; | 0018| (7) seven hundred thirty-seven thousand dollars | 0019| ($737,000) for the purpose of hiring additional juvenile | 0020| intensive probation supervision officers statewide, including: | 0021| (a) eight additional surveillance | 0022| officers, to be placed in eight different communities, to assist | 0023| with juvenile intensive probation supervision or juvenile | 0024| surveillance supervision; | 0025| (b) three additional juvenile intensive | 0001| supervision teams for high commitment areas; and | 0002| (c) two additional violence intervention | 0003| program service treatment teams; | 0004| (8) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) | 0005| for the purpose of providing nonsecure alternatives to | 0006| detention, including adolescent shelters, home monitoring | 0007| programs, home detention programs, electronic monitoring | 0008| programs and day reporting centers; and | 0009| (9) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for | 0010| the purpose of recruiting, training and providing ten foster | 0011| homes for children referred to the juvenile justice division of | 0012| the children, youth and families department. The foster homes | 0013| shall be reimbursed at the special needs foster home rate. | 0014| B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining | 0015| at the end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund. | 0016| Section 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE CHILDREN, | 0017| YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT--EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS | 0018| AND FACILITIES--APPROPRIATIONS.-- | 0019| A. To provide support for and upgrade existing | 0020| programs and facilities operated by the juvenile justice | 0021| division of the children, youth and families department, the | 0022| following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the | 0023| children, youth and families department for expenditure in | 0024| fiscal year 1997 for the following purposes: | 0025| (1) five hundred thirty-six thousand dollars | 0001| ($536,000) for the purpose of hiring an additional twenty-one | 0002| journeyman juvenile correctional officers for employment at the | 0003| youth diagnostic and development center; | 0004| (2) forty-three thousand dollars ($43,000) for | 0005| the purpose of hiring one juvenile parole officer for assignment | 0006| to the New Mexico boys' school. The juvenile parole officer | 0007| shall assist with the orderly transition of children from the | 0008| New Mexico boys' school to placement in the children's homes or | 0009| communities; | 0010| (3) eighty-six thousand dollars ($86,000) for | 0011| the purpose of hiring two home study juvenile parole officers to | 0012| assist with evaluation of children returning to their homes | 0013| following placement in a facility operated by the juvenile | 0014| justice division of the children, youth and families department. | 0015| The home study juvenile parole officers shall also provide | 0016| assistance to the children and the children's families to ensure | 0017| an orderly return home following release from a facility; | 0018| (4) one hundred nineteen thousand dollars | 0019| ($119,000) for the purpose of hiring two classification officers | 0020| and support staff to operate a centralized classification unit. | 0021| The centralized classification unit shall properly classify | 0022| children referred to the juvenile justice division of the | 0023| children, youth and families department and recommend | 0024| appropriate placements for the children; | 0025| (5) one hundred forty-eight thousand dollars | 0001| ($148,000) for the purpose of contracting for evaluation, | 0002| quality assurance and monitoring of services attendant to | 0003| expansion of the juvenile justice division of the children, | 0004| youth and families department; | 0005| (6) one hundred fifty-three thousand dollars | 0006| ($153,000) for the purpose of transporting children to and from | 0007| institutions and facilities operated by the children, youth and | 0008| families department; and | 0009| (7) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for | 0010| the purpose of converting an existing reintegration center | 0011| located in an urban area into an urban construction corps | 0012| facility. The urban construction corps facility shall offer | 0013| programming that teaches employable skills, including home | 0014| renovation and home construction skills. The children, youth | 0015| and families department may contract with or enter into a joint | 0016| powers agreement with the labor department for the provision of | 0017| services at the urban construction corps facility. | 0018| B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining | 0019| at the end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund. | 0020| Section 4. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED--APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.-- | 0021| A. The state board of finance may issue and sell | 0022| severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance Tax Bonding | 0023| Act in an amount not to exceed the total of the amounts | 0024| specified in Subsection B of this section. The state board of | 0025| finance shall schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the | 0001| most expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding | 0002| by the board that the project has been developed sufficiently to | 0003| justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to | 0004| contract within a reasonable time. The state board of finance | 0005| shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply | 0006| with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. | 0007| B. Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of | 0008| this section, upon certification by the children, youth and | 0009| families department that the need exists for the issuance of the | 0010| bonds: | 0011| (1) two hundred fifty thousand dollars | 0012| ($250,000) is appropriated to the children, youth and families | 0013| department for the purpose of converting the Eagle Nest | 0014| reintegration center located in Colfax County into an | 0015| environmental forestry work camp for children; and | 0016| (2) four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is | 0017| appropriated to the children, youth and families department for | 0018| the purpose of increasing the capacity of the youth diagnostic | 0019| and development center by an additional ten special adjustment | 0020| beds. | 0021| C. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining | 0022| six months after completion of the project shall revert to the | 0023| severance tax bonding fund. | 0024| D. If the children, youth and families department | 0025| has not certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the | 0001| end of fiscal year 1999, the authorization provided in this | 0002| section shall be void. | 0003| Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0004| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996. | 0005|  | 0006| State of New Mexico | 0007| House of Representatives | 0008| | 0009| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0010| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| January 24, 1996 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Mr. Speaker: | 0017| | 0018| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0019| | 0020| HOUSE BILL 109 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0024| | 0025| 1. On page 2, strike lines 12 through 16 in their | 0001| entirety., | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0005| COMMITTEE. | 0006| | 0007| Respectfully submitted, | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Cisco McSorley, Chairman | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Adopted Not Adopted | 0016| | 0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0018| | 0019| Date | 0020| | 0021| The roll call vote was 11 For 1 Against | 0022| Yes: 11 | 0023| No: Gubbels | 0024| Excused: Christensen | 0025| Absent: None | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| .100417.1 | 0004| H0109JC1 |