HOUSE BILL 118

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

James Roger Madalena

FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR NATIVE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the vocational rehabilitation division of the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for independent living centers with sites in the Pueblo of Laguna and the Pueblo of San Felipe to support disabled Native Americans. The centers will provide services to individuals with disabilities in the Pueblos of Acoma, Laguna, Isleta, Sandia, Santa Ana, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Zia and Jemez. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.