0001| HOUSE BILL 174 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| GARY K. KING | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT | 0012| LIVING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars | 0016| ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0017| vocational rehabilitation division of the state department of | 0018| public education for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 to expand | 0019| consumer-controlled community-based independent living | 0020| services as defined by the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, | 0021| including peer counseling, information and referral, systems | 0022| advocacy, life-skills training and other related services for | 0023| people with disabilities in priority areas of the state as | 0024| determined by the statewide independent living council. Any | 0025| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of | - 1 - 0001| fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund. | 0002|  |