0001| HOUSE BILL 44 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MIGUEL P. GARCIA | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF | 0012| ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY SENTENCING BOARDS IN NEW MEXICO. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Twenty thousand dollars | 0016| ($20,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0017| criminal and juvenile justice coordinating council for | 0018| expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the purpose of conducting | 0019| a feasibility study regarding the establishment of community | 0020| sentencing boards in New Mexico. The criminal and juvenile | 0021| justice coordinating council shall gather information | 0022| regarding the operation of existing community sentencing | 0023| boards in New York City, Vermont, Austin, El Paso and the | 0024| Canadian province of Saskatchewan and report its findings to | 0025| the legislature no later than December 1, 1998. Any | - 1 - 0001| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of | 0002| fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund. | 0003|  |