SENATE BILL 316

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Michael S. Sanchez

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME PERSONS STATEWIDE.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the civil legal services fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to contract for services to provide legal assistance to low-income persons in New Mexico; provided that at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) of that appropriation shall be to contract for services with a single statewide legal services program with at least five offices throughout the state that provides direct legal services to low-income persons. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.