Committee Report for SB0165AF1

FORTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION

February 7, 2008

Mr. Speaker:

Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 165

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. On pages 1 through 29, strike Sections 1 through 28 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

"Section 1. JUDICIAL PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. to the administrative office of the courts:

(a) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the court-appointed attorney fund;

(b) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the court-appointed special advocates program in the third judicial district;

(c) seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) for the court-appointed special advocates program in the fifth judicial district in Eddy county;

(d) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the court-appointed special advocates program in the fifth judicial district in Lea county; and

(e) forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) for court security and a probation officer in the San Miguel magistrate court;

2. to the third judicial district court, fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($57,500) for additional staff;

3. to the fifth judicial district court, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the drug court in Lea county;

4. to the seventh judicial district court, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a drug court in Torrance county;

5. to the ninth judicial district court, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to be divided equally between the Curry and Roosevelt county teen courts;

6. to the eleventh judicial district court, two hundred ten thousand seven hundred dollars ($210,700) for alternative sentencing and crime reduction programs;

7. to the twelfth judicial district court:

(a) ninety-seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($97,700) for operational expenses; and

(b) twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for juvenile and drug court programs;

8. to the thirteenth judicial district court:

(a) two hundred eleven thousand seven hundred dollars ($211,700) for drug courts; and

(b) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for mental health court;

9. to the third judicial district attorney, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars ($33,400) for animal shelter services for animals in protective custody in Dona Ana county;

10. to the sixth judicial district attorney, forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for information systems personnel; and

11. to the ninth judicial district attorney, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for community prosecution programs.

Section 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the office of the attorney general for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. seventy-seven thousand nine hundred dollars ($77,900) for the attorney general to pay costs associated with the enforcement of animal cruelty laws through the animal cruelty task force; and

2. eighty-two thousand dollars ($82,000) for per diem and mileage expenses for public members of the task force to combat human trafficking, contingent on Senate Bill 71 of the second session of the forty-eighth legislature becoming law.

Section 3. STATE AUDITOR PROJECT.--Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state auditor for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to conduct audits of community land grants that receive public money. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 4. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for disbursement to the state housing authority for a statewide affordable housing study;

2. six thousand seven hundred dollars ($6,700) for expenses associated with the citizen review board;

3. fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) to carry out the provisions of the Manny Herrera Access to Healthy Foods Act, contingent on House Bill 180 or similar legislation of the second session of the forty-eighth legislature becoming law; and

4. for the mid-region council of governments:

(a) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a high-technology mentoring program at Robert F. Kennedy charter school in the Albuquerque public school district;

(b) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for recruiting retail businesses to downtown Albuquerque; and

Section 5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. two hundred sixty thousand dollars ($260,000) for the youth mentoring programs;

2. three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for rodeo projects;

3. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a preventive health pilot program in rural areas of northwestern New Mexico that works to identify and improve the health of persons suffering from diabetes, heart disease, obesity or other preventable health conditions;

4. forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) for environmental planning in northwestern New Mexico;

5. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the southern New Mexico economic development district for planning and economic development training;

6. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the southwest regional transit district to purchase transportation for Luna, Grant and Hidalgo counties;

7. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for matching funds for an economic development and labor study in McKinley and Cibola counties;

8. three hundred thirty-five thousand six hundred dollars ($335,600) to contract with a private entity in Bernalillo county to operate a secure, long-term, statewide multijurisdictional residential rehabilitation and transition facility that admits persons who have been ordered to the facility by a New Mexico court;

9. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a transitional living program in Bernalillo county that offers temporary shelter, board, living skills education, behavioral health services and social services to homeless and runaway youth who are sixteen to twenty-one years old;

10. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to provide free services consisting of cultural and arts programs to targeted areas of Bernalillo county;

11. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to provide stimulus funds to develop and implement an early childhood program for hearing impaired children in Bernalillo county;

12. twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for a justice conference in Bernalillo county to improve the criminal justice system;

13. forty-three thousand dollars ($43,000) for the youth day holiday in Bernalillo county;

14. thirty-eight thousand dollars ($38,000) for expenses of a mail-in ballot election on the question of whether the unincorporated areas of the south valley of Bernalillo county should be incorporated as a new municipality;

15. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for Bernalillo county to provide educational training for persons studying for their general education development certificate;

16. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for mentoring and education for youth in the Bernalillo county detention center;

17. twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000) for Bernalillo county to contract for an array of educational programs, including college entrance examination preparation, after-school tutoring, summer educational enrichment opportunities and adult computer literacy;

18. nineteen thousand five hundred dollars ($19,500) for the Bernalillo county sheriff's office community policing rapid response;

19. nineteen thousand five hundred dollars ($19,500) for the Albuquerque police department community policing rapid response;

20. eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for a drug treatment program for troubled youth in southeast Albuquerque;

21. two thousand dollars ($2,000) to support preschool programs in the area of Albuquerque bounded by Carlisle boulevard, Comanche street, San Mateo boulevard and Menaul avenue;

22. forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) to promote economic development and revitalization of the west Central corridor by contracting with a community organization for services and to facilitate communication and collaboration with ten neighborhood associations and two merchant associations;

23. thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) for youth sports programs in the old town area of Albuquerque;

24. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a bicycle repair and recycling program in the Atrisco area of the south valley in Bernalillo county;

25. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to establish an emergency housing fund for homeless middle and high school students in Albuquerque;

26. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a youth employment program in Grants;

27. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the Chaves county character development program;

28. thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) for the domestic violence shelter program in Roswell;

29. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a textile arts training and micro-enterprise development program in Dona Ana county;

30. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for staff at the Radium Springs community center;

31. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the boys' and girls' club in Carlsbad;

32. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a youth mentoring program in Eddy county;

33. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a childhood care resource program in Silver City;

34. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a coalition between Grant county and the municipalities within the county's boundaries;

35. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to develop an after-prom and after-graduation anti-DWI program in Grant county;

36. seven thousand dollars ($7,000) for the boys' and girls' club in Hobbs;

37. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for domestic violence shelter operations in Hobbs;

38. thirty-three thousand dollars ($33,000) for a domestic violence shelter operated by Lincoln county in Ruidoso Downs;

39. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a youth mentoring program in Lincoln county;

40. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for transportation services between the Manuelito chapter of the Navajo Nation and Gallup;

41. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the McKinley county arts committee's work projects administration project;

42. eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) for economic development projects in McKinley county;

43. one hundred sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($116,700) for operational expenses of Gallup, including an economic development director and a grant writer;

44. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for salaries of the Mora county sheriff's office;

45. eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) for Mora county employees' salaries and operational expenses of Mora county;

46. fifteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($15,700) for operational expenses for the Mora county attorney's office;

47. fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600) for domestic violence shelter operations in Alamogordo;

48. fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600) for training and per diem expenses for volunteers at La Luz fire station in Otero county;

49. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for recruitment of a medical provider for the Logan and Quay county health clinics;

50. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a teen technology and recreational center in Espanola;

51. twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000) for animal shelter services in Espanola;

52. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a youth summer enrichment and life skills program in Rio Arriba county;

53. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for youth life skills programming in Rio Arriba county;

54. forty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($41,700) for programs to support healthy marriage and healthy family living for parents and their children in Rio Rancho;

55. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for a contract spay and neuter program in Sandoval county;

56. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the Sandoval county Native American voting rights program;

57. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for ambulance service in Cuba;

58. one hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000) for San Juan county for a medical affiliation program with the San Juan regional medical center and the university of New Mexico medical school;

59. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for an education and sports program in Farmington;

60. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for canine drug inspections as requested by school districts in San Miguel county;

61. fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) for a staff position for a San Miguel county bureau of elections;

62. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for support staff for the San Miguel probate judge;

63. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for operational expenses of the fire department in Bernal in San Miguel county;

64. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for operational expenses of the fire department in Pecos in San Miguel county;

65. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for operational expenses of the fire department in Pueblo in San Miguel county;

66. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for an athlete and coach leadership training program for junior wrestling at Santa Fe high school in the Santa Fe public school district;

67. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a community alcohol and drug recovery program in Santa Fe county;

68. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the Pojoaque volunteer fire district's emergency medical and fire services;

69. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a Santa Fe transitional living program that provides apartments and life skills development for homeless youth ages sixteen to twenty-one;

70. thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for planning and other expenses to host the 2008 creative cities conference in Santa Fe;

71. seven thousand eight hundred dollars ($7,800) to contract for training in ambassadorship, international service learning, job readiness and education services for at-risk youth in Taos county;

72. ten thousand eight hundred dollars ($10,800) for paid construction training, general education development certificate instruction, leadership and job skills training, vocational carpentry education, opportunities for community service learning projects and paid construction training in Taos county;

73. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the Taos county youth build program;

74. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a community drug and alcohol program in El Prado in Taos county;

75. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for community drug and alcohol programs in Talpa in Taos county;

76. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for operational expenses of the driving while intoxicated memorial of perpetual tears in Moriarty;

77. seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for training and professional development of emergency services personnel in Belen;

78. seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for training and professional development of emergency services personnel in Los Lunas;

79. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for training and professional development of emergency services personnel in Valencia county;

80. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a teen pregnancy prevention program in Valencia county; and

81. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to support anti-gang activities of law enforcement agencies in Valencia county.

Section 6. GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROJECT.--Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the general services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for a full-time employee to implement the State Use Act program to expand employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 7. NEW MEXICO SENTENCING COMMISSION PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the New Mexico sentencing commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) to study, on a statewide basis, whether bias-based policing exists in New Mexico and, if so, the effects of that bias;

2. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to convene a task force to study the collateral consequences of criminal arrest, conviction and extended periods of incarceration and to make recommendations on how to neutralize or eliminate those consequences to the appropriate legislative interim committees before November 1, 2008; and

3. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a project to review the prevalence and results of all de novo appeals of DWI cases to district courts in New Mexico over a three-year period.

Section 8. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE PROJECT.--Forty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($41,700) is appropriated from the general fund to the governor's office for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to fund faith-based programs that support healthy marriage and healthy family living for parents and their children in Albuquerque and Bernalillo county. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 9. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT.--Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of information technology for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the computing applications center. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 10. STATE COMMISSION OF PUBLIC RECORDS PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the state commission of public records for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the specified purposes and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for costs related to providing regulatory impact statements, contingent on House Business and Industry Committee Substitute for House Bill 310 or similar legislation of the second session of the forty-eighth legislature becoming law;

2. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the state historian's regional historian initiative; provided that this appropriation may be expended through fiscal year 2010; and

3. twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000) for the land grant digital history project.

Section 11. TOURISM DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the tourism department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the specified purposes and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to promote the arts, culture and sports unique to New Mexico's urban and rural communities;

2. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for planning and implementation of the four hundredth anniversary celebration for the city of Santa Fe in 2010; provided that this appropriation may be expended through fiscal year 2010;

3. three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for advertising and promotion, including sporting events;

4. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to expand Mora county advertising;

5. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to market New Mexico's golf tourism offerings to out-of-state audiences;

6. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to promote outdoor adventure recreation and tourism in McKinley county;

7. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for planning and implementation of the Espanola fiesta;

8. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to promote the Santa Fe fiesta; and

9. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for operations of the sports authority division.

Section 12. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the economic development department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for Hispanic and Native American filmmaking;

2. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for recruiting new business in New Mexico;

3. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for Gallup to plan and administer its convention and visitors bureau, including promoting convention sales, convention services, tourism and events and other activities relating to economic development;

4. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for economic development of the New Mexico wine industry;

5. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for an assistant program director for the mainstreet program;

6. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to expand performance excellence training, assessment services and assistance to New Mexico businesses and organizations in order to encourage economic development and prosperity statewide by strengthening competitiveness and improving effectiveness using the Baldrige criteria for performance excellence;

7. sixty-four thousand dollars ($64,000) to promote economic empowerment through business development, work force preparation, convention networking and tourism, with an emphasis on small businesses and Hispanic businesspeople;

8. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for economic development partnerships;

9. nine thousand dollars ($9,000) to foster high technology economic development in southern New Mexico;

10. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for economic development efforts in Springer;

11. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the Artesia mainstreet program;

12. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the Carlsbad mainstreet program;

13. six thousand dollars ($6,000) for the Gallup business improvement district;

14. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a Gallup film office;

15. seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($7,700) to continue economic development through enterprise facilitation with leaders from several communities in Taos county; and

16. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the manufacturing extension program.

Section 13. REGULATION AND LICENSING DEPARTMENT PROJECT.--One hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the regulation and licensing department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for legal services. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 14. STATE FAIR PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the state fair commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the specified purposes and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for operational expenses of the African-American performing arts center; and

2. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a mathematics, science and literacy program for school-aged children at the African-American performing arts center.

Section 15. SPACEPORT AUTHORITY PROJECT.--One hundred forty-three thousand dollars ($143,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the spaceport authority for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for one full-time-equivalent position and marketing expenses. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 16. CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the cultural affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the rural library development fund;

2. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for educational initiatives, information and marketing for the opening of the New Mexico history museum;

3. thirty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($31,700) for education programs at the national Hispanic cultural center;

4. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to the library division for grants-in-aid to rural libraries in Rio Arriba county, with each of six libraries receiving ten thousand dollars ($10,000);

5. sixty-eight thousand five hundred dollars ($68,500) to support a statewide education and outreach program for youth by a professional orchestra;

6. sixty-six thousand seven hundred dollars ($66,700) to implement and operate a youth education program that includes art integration curriculum projects, outreach projects at schools, pueblos and community service organizations, as well as professional development for teachers;

7. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for a film festival about the Native American perspective on the environment;

8. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to build electronic infrastructure and web sites for Native American artists and youth;

9. thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($37,500) to contract with a nonprofit music organization that organizes a competition in which children twelve years of age and under compete to hear their musical compositions performed in concert and recorded on compact disc;

10. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for cultural and arts programs and educational outreach in Bernalillo county;

11. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to provide symphony music programs and concerts in Albuquerque;

12. eighty-eight thousand one hundred dollars ($88,100) for education programs at a science center and children's museum in Albuquerque;

13. forty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500) to support cultural programming in the Chimayo area;

14. two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for staff and expenses associated with the development of a veterans' museum in Las Cruces;

15. eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to provide symphony orchestra music programs and concerts in Roswell;

16. nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000) to assist farmers in the production, preservation and marketing of Chimayo chile;

17. one thousand dollars ($1,000) for operations of the historic preservation division;

18. twenty-nine thousand dollars ($29,000) to contract for a jazz music workshop that provides jazz education programs for underserved and underrepresented children and communities in the state;

19. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a statewide public humanities program, including a historical speaker program and traveling historical exhibitions;

20. forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for the Taylor Barela Reynolds Mesilla state monument;

21. two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for publication of a series of stories from a community perspective containing cultural experiences, history, folklore, traditions and development over the last one hundred years for each of New Mexico's counties in celebration of New Mexico's centennial;

22. seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($7,700) for a film project on Padre Antonio Jose Martinez;

23. thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars ($39,500) to support a summer ballet festival in Albuquerque;

24. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the Gallup centennial celebration program;

25. fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($14,700) for operational expenses of the Alamogordo museum of history;

26. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for transportation and fees for students attending performances at the Flickinger center in Alamogordo;

27. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for an art and culture historic preservation program at Mountain View elementary school in the Espanola school district;

28. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for main stage performing arts productions for children performed by children, classes for children in all of the performing arts disciplines, educational outreach programs in the performing arts that have a bilingual component and operational expenses for a performing arts theater in Santa Fe county; and

29. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to establish an outreach program and scholarships for students in Santa Fe county to attend dance and pre-professional dance education programs.

Section 17. ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the energy, minerals and natural resources department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) for the state parks division's outdoor classroom program;

2. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for an outdoor classroom program to serve the students of the Valley high school cluster in the Albuquerque public school district;

3. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for an outdoor classroom program in Eddy county;

4. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the state parks division to conduct a feasibility study of establishing Ship Rock pinnacle, located on the Navajo reservation, as a state park;

5. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for Ciudad soil and water conservation district projects;

6. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to support the forest worker safety certification program;

7. one hundred eighty-nine thousand dollars ($189,000) for oil conservation program costs; and

8. two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the New Mexico renewable energy transmission authority.

Section 18. STATE ENGINEER PROJECT.--Eight thousand three hundred dollars ($8,300) is appropriated from the general fund to the office of the state engineer for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for legal expenses for the Lincoln county Hondo river adjudicator. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 19. OFFICE ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS PROJECT.--Eight thousand dollars ($8,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the office on African-American affairs for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to contract with a community organization serving African-American, Hispanic and low-income youth in southwestern and southeastern Albuquerque to help eliminate underage and binge drinking through community involvement. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 20. COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND PROJECT.--Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the commission for the blind for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for positions to provide rehabilitation training. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 21. INDIAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for an American Indian organization with over thirty years' experience in Indian law and policy to assist tribes to develop tribal court systems and promote Indian law and policy development and training;

2. forty-seven thousand dollars ($47,000) for increased economic development activities for the state's American Indian nations, tribes and pueblos;

3. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a summer youth conservation program in Navajo Nation chapters in the eastern Navajo agency;

4. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a Casamero lake watershed restoration project;

5. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to support Native American cultural education for youths in Albuquerque;

6. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for Native American performances of traditional and contemporary Native American performing arts throughout New Mexico;

7. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to plan for and support a distance education program for Native American tribal members and program managers;

8. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a Native American transit program; and

9. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to establish youth development programs in tribal communities to promote self-esteem, health and wellness through running.

Section 22. AGING AND LONG-TERM SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the aging and long-term services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to assist persons with brain injuries to receive social, vocational and educational support;

2. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to provide assistance, transportation, organized activities and other services for Eddy county senior citizen centers;

3. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for Guadalupe county senior center programs;

4. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for Ramah senior center programs; and

5. two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a traumatic brain injury awareness campaign.

Section 23. HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for behavioral health and support services for Native Americans in northwest New Mexico; and

2. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to support a day program for persons with severe mental illness using the clubhouse model to facilitate recovery through socialization and life skills training; vocational rehabilitation and employment services; educational and housing services; and reintegration into the greater community.

Section 24. WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT PROJECT.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the workforce solutions department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for a workforce literacy project. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 25. GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the governor's commission on disability for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for operational support of the community outreach program for the deaf; and

2. two thousand dollars ($2,000) for driver's training for the elderly and disabled.

Section 26. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. two hundred twenty thousand dollars ($220,000) for telehealth;

2. thirty-three thousand two hundred dollars ($33,200) to conduct environmental assessments of public schools pursuant to the indoor air quality tools for schools program;

3. ninety-seven thousand six hundred dollars ($97,600) to support the twenty-four-hour nurse advice line;

4. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to establish a cardiovascular disease prevention program;

5. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to establish a healthy New Mexico task force and to develop and implement a strategic plan to prevent and manage chronic diseases;

6. one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for legal services pertaining to medical marijuana;

7. forty-four thousand dollars ($44,000) to provide birthing service providers with assistance with malpractice premiums, contingent on House Bill 167 or similar legislation of the second session of the forty-eighth legislature becoming law;

8. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to develop a pilot project to provide special needs children a place to develop skills through horseback riding;

9. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a residential summer camp for children with autism spectrum disorder;

10. one thousand dollars ($1,000) to support autism spectrum disorder-specific groups, including diagnosis;

11. twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for volunteer-led clinics to help cancer patients or caregivers navigate legal, insurance and other paperwork issues and to supply them with a cancer treatment organizer tool;

12. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for services for veterans exposed to uranium;

13. thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for rape crisis services in central New Mexico;

14. nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000) for a primary care residency program in southwest New Mexico;

15. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the Bernalillo county off-reservation Native American health care commission, contingent on House Bill 236 or similar legislation of the second session of the forty-eighth legislature becoming law;

16. fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) to provide services to indigent cancer patients in Chaves, Eddy, Lea and Lincoln counties, including home health services, medications and transportation;

17. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the first step pre- and perinatal clinic to provide services, including prenatal, delivery and postnatal services, for uninsured low-income pregnant women with high-risk conditions in Dona Ana county;

18. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a regional treatment center for alcohol and substance abuse in Eddy county;

19. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for telehealth psychiatry conferencing and clinical consultation programs serving children, families and health care providers in Eddy county;

20. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a comprehensive health study of the effects of past uranium mining and milling practices on the health of residents of McKinley and Cibola counties, including members of the Navajo Nation;

21. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a teen pregnancy prevention program in Otero county that provides a comprehensive educational approach, including a combination of abstinence, sexual responsibility, contraception and disease prevention;

22. four thousand six hundred dollars ($4,600) for a smoking cessation program for youths in Otero county;

23. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a northern New Mexico traditional healing training program for substance abuse treatment in Rio Arriba county;

24. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the Las Vegas special olympics;

25. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for operational support for women's health services in Santa Fe;

26. thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) to contract with a general hospital in Socorro county for perinatal health care in rural areas of Socorro county;

27. ten thousand eight hundred dollars ($10,800) to contract with an organization that provides community education and wellness programs and to provide access to essential state services in the Penasco-Pueblo of Picuris area;

28. seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($7,700) for Taos county long-term alcohol treatment services; and

29. seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($7,700) for alcohol treatment services in Talpa in Taos county.

Section 27. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the department of environment for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a Ruidoso river restoration committee to determine the most effective means of controlling phosphorus and nitrogen in the river;

2. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers statewide in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

3. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for Albuquerque to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

4. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for Belen to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

5. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for Bernalillo to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

6. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for Corrales to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

7. forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for Deming to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

8. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for Espanola to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

9. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for Grants to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

10. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for Portales to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

11. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for Questa to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

12. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for Raton to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

13. nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000) for the city of Taos to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

14. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for Valencia county to clean, deodorize and sanitize commercial and residential refuse containers in compliance with federal clean water regulations;

15. eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque to implement the provisions of federal clean water regulations; and

16. twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500) for Tularosa to implement the provisions of federal clean water regulations.

Section 28. VETERANS' SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the veterans' services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for integrative services for needy veterans; and

2. sixty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($61,700) for outreach programs for homeless and at-risk veterans.

Section 29. CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and families department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. one hundred eleven thousand seven hundred dollars ($111,700) to provide children and families with access to a best-practices, character-building youth dance program offered in partnership with local school districts;

2. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to provide children and families with access to a best-practices, character-building youth dance program offered in partnership with local school districts in Colfax and Union counties;

3. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to provide children and families with access to a best-practices, character-building youth dance program offered in partnership with local school districts in Dona Ana county;

4. three thousand seven hundred dollars ($3,700) to provide children and families with access to a best-practices, character-building youth dance program offered in partnership with the local school district in Capitan;

5. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to provide children and families with access to a best-practices, character-building youth dance program offered in partnership with local school districts in Luna county;

6. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to provide children and families with access to a best-practices, character-building youth dance program offered in partnership with Turquoise Trail charter school in the Santa Fe public school district;

7. two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for programs for children of incarcerated adults;

8. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to contract with an organization for a program that teaches experiential, adrenaline-based, full-contact personal self-defense skills to children and teens, including wheelchair users and children who are sight- or hearing-impaired;

9. three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the cost of transportation for high-risk children and families to receive health care prevention and treatment services;

10. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for case management, therapy, educational and vocational mentoring and training in life and parenting skills and in early childhood development for single teen mothers and their babies in a residential home;

11. twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000) to contract with the Roswell recreation department to coordinate an educational science festival for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade and other gifted students in southeastern New Mexico;

12. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to contract with a community-based organization in Dexter to increase social interactions for children and young adults with autism spectrum disorders and to provide training to staff and caregivers;

13. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for child care services for homeless children in Dona Ana county;

14. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a parent-child education program in Dona Ana county;

15. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for learning enrichment programs for youth exiting detention facilities in Dona Ana county;

16. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the jardin de los ninos program in Dona Ana county;

17. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for domestic violence programs in Eddy and Otero counties;

18. forty-eight thousand one hundred seventy dollars ($48,170) for the no child left inside program in Santa Fe; and

19. twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars ($24,400) for transitional living services for homeless, abused and neglected youth in Taos county.

Section 30. CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT PROJECT.--Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the corrections department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for a community housing program in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties for sex offenders and other persons released from prison. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriation remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 31. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the department of public safety for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the Albuquerque metropolitan police athletic league;

2. sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000) to support the drunk busters program and add two full-time-equivalent positions;

3. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the New Mexico state police youth academy; and

4. sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) for stress reduction and stress management training for public safety first responders.

Section 32. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS PROJECT.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of military affairs for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to provide New Mexico active duty military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan with military equipment. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriation remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 33. PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for anti-obesity programs in school districts statewide;

2. one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the statewide school breakfast program;

3. three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the charter schools stimulus fund;

4. two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the innovative digital education and learning program;

5. forty-three thousand two hundred dollars ($43,200) for trophies, medals and printing costs for a statewide activities association;

6. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for professional development in social studies and civics statewide;

7. eight thousand dollars ($8,000) to support programs that promote the importance of civic education;

8. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the New Mexico government education fund to contract for annual week-long high school civics courses focusing on New Mexico state government for boys and girls held at various post-secondary educational institutions;

9. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to support registered apprenticeship programs through the Apprenticeship Assistance Act;

10. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to support industrial arts, career-technical and vocational training programs in high schools statewide;

11. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a program to prevent violence and bullying in public schools;

12. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for education of middle and high school students in the use of advanced computers;

13. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for professional judgment of educators in the La Cueva and Eldorado clusters of the Albuquerque public school district;

14. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for students and families to participate in a best-practice, character-building youth dance program at Mission Avenue elementary school in the Albuquerque public school district;

15. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a job program at Nuestros Valores charter school in the Albuquerque public school district;

16. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to increase access for students in black student organizations in the Albuquerque public school district to access programs that improve test scores, study skills, graduation rates and post-secondary success;

17. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a full-time grant researcher and writer in the Belen consolidated school district;

18. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for training and professional development for teachers in the Belen consolidated school district;

19. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for student and faculty training at Moreno Valley charter high school in the Cimarron municipal school district;

20. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for after-school learning programs for elementary and middle school students in the Espanola public school district;

21. seven thousand dollars ($7,000) for a parent conference and outreach activity for special needs children in the Gadsden independent school district;

22. ninety-four thousand seven hundred dollars ($94,700) to establish and support the activities of a districtwide student discipline advisory council in the Gadsden independent school district;

23. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the promise for success program in the Gadsden independent school district;

24. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for Saturday school programs for at-risk high school students in the Grants-Cibola county school district;

25. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for dropout and truancy prevention programs in the Grants-Cibola county school district;

26. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a student support program in the Hondo Valley public school district;

27. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a summer intensive instruction pilot project at Las Cruces high schools;

28. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for graduation preparation counseling for high school seniors in the Los Lunas public school district;

29. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the Los Lunas high school reform and college readiness project, including academic coaches, smaller learning communities and professional development through summer institutes;

30. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for information technology in the Mora independent school district;

31. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for an after-school learning center in the Mountainair public school district;

32. fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) for after-school programs for elementary and middle school students in the Pojoaque Valley public school district;

33. five thousand dollars ($5,000) to develop a model program at four schools in Rio Arriba county for a New Mexico standards-based student progress tracking system;

34. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for students in the Rio Rancho public school district to participate in the New Mexico supercomputing challenge;

35. sixty-three thousand five hundred dollars ($63,500) for the Rio Rancho public school district cyber academy;

36. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a student support program at Roswell high school;

37. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for an extended day program in the Santa Fe public school district;

38. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to contract with a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving science education in the Santa Fe public school district to provide teacher training and in-class mentors for students and to integrate hands-on science techniques into standard elementary school curricula;

39. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to develop and implement a restorative justice program as an alternative method to deal with school-based offenses in the Santa Fe public school district;

40. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a public school youth court initiative in the Santa Fe public school district;

41. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for music and athletic programs at Valley middle school in the West Las Vegas public school district;

42. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for school bus training supplies and materials for West Las Vegas and Las Vegas city public school districts;

43. seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($7,700) to enhance programs in Questa, Taos, the Pueblo of Taos, the Pueblo of Picuris and Penasco that empower youths ages six to eighteen years to influence their communities and improve themselves;

44. seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($7,700) for water conservation measures in the Taos municipal school district;

45. seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($7,700) for a basketball program in Taos for sixth graders; and

46. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for Valencia high school band uniforms.

Section 34. HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the higher education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. thirty-three thousand dollars ($33,000) to continue the study regarding part-time faculty at public post-secondary educational institutions;

2. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to continue the task force on cultural competence in health education;

3. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the nurse educators fund;

4. one million dollars ($1,000,000) for clinical faculty and staff and an increase in the number of dental residents in certain locations around the state;

5. four hundred eighty thousand dollars ($480,000) for the health professional loan repayment fund;

6. two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the medical student loan for service fund;

7. two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the innovative digital education and learning program;

8. forty-seven thousand dollars ($47,000) for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal years to provide matches for higher education scholarships offered by a New Mexico-based nonprofit foundation that provides needs- and merit-based scholarships to New Mexico high school students; provided that the appropriation in Subsection 1 of Section 36 of Chapter 21 of Laws 2007 for scholarship matching funds shall be combined with the appropriation in this subsection; and provided further that no money from these appropriations shall be used for any operational expenses of the department or the foundation;

9. one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000) to contract for a community concert and lecture series, peer education of students, conflict resolution programs, documentary and history projects, efforts to attract movie production to Santa Fe and other support for continuing education programs in the Santa Fe area;

10. for central New Mexico community college:

(a) eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) to establish an educational program for athletes attending four-year public post-secondary educational institutions, consisting of developmental courses to help increase the grade-point average of student athletes without sacrificing athletic eligibility; and

(b) twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000) for student transportation;

11. for Luna community college:

(a) fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for bridge scholarships; and

(b) five thousand dollars ($5,000) for equipment for the wellness center;

12. for Mesalands community college, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the intercollegiate rodeo program;

13. for New Mexico junior college, two hundred forty-one thousand six hundred dollars ($241,600) for intercollegiate athletics; and

14. for Santa Fe community college:

(a) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a sign language interpreting program; and

(b) fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000) for the nursing program.

Section 35. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. one hundred seventeen thousand dollars ($117,000) to develop a land grant studies program;

2. thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) for the manufacturing engineering program;

3. eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) for the center for biomedical engineering for fluidless, noninvasive alcohol scanning devices;

4. ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) for sustainable education and work force development programs in biomedical engineering;

5. twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) to enhance pre-college science and mathematics skills for minority students through the college of engineering special programs;

6. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the sustainability studies program;

7. one hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000) for the arts laboratory interdisciplinary film and digital media program;

8. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the department of media arts to provide digital media training and outreach for youth in Albuquerque;

9. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a theatre company in residence at the department of theatre and dance;

10. one hundred one thousand seven hundred dollars ($101,700) for the indigenous nations library program;

11. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for international studies;

12. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the violin program in the university college research service learning program;

13. for the college of education:

(a) sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000) for the family development program, including conducting research-based professional development workshops throughout the state and providing materials relative to early-childhood education; and

(b) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to develop and pilot a curriculum in youth leadership for civil rights;

14. one hundred forty-one thousand dollars ($141,000) to recruit and retain students and faculty for the Latin American studies program;

15. forty-six thousand two hundred dollars ($46,200) to recruit and retain faculty and enhance curriculum and outreach activities at the Latin American and Iberian institute and the Latin American studies program;

16. eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for programs at the center for Latin American resources and outreach;

17. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the Africana studies faculty initiative;

18. eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) for the young children's health clinic;

19. for the health sciences center:

(a) fifty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($51,700) for the integrative medicine program at the school of medicine;

(b) thirty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($31,700) for a career pathway program that encourages and retains underrepresented students in health sciences and health professions;

(c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the center for Native American health to develop a student pipeline program in health careers at Santa Fe Indian school;

(d) sixty-four thousand dollars ($64,000) for a comprehensive rural health care outreach program in cooperation with the cooperative extension service at New Mexico state university;

(e) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for an arts in medicine program at the cancer research center;

(f) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to support a hepatitis C program; and

(g) eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to increase the budget of the New Mexico poison and drug information center of the college of pharmacy;

20. for the law school:

(a) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for mock trials;

(b) twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) for the Corinne Wolfe children's law center to provide training, technical assistance and research concerning abuse and neglect and juvenile justice;

(c) fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) for the Utton transboundary resources center, including research, education and the promotion of sustainable use and management of the transboundary water resources;

(d) thirty-eight thousand dollars ($38,000) for college preparatory mentoring programs for Albuquerque public school students in grades eight through twelve;

(e) one hundred two thousand dollars ($102,000) to establish the Justice Pamela Minzner endowed chair; and

(f) fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to host a national Latina/Latino law conference;

21. seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000) for the Alfonso Ortiz center at the Maxwell museum;

22. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the Julian Samosa legacy project to make anthropological papers of Julian Samosa more accessible for research;

23. thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for the youth sports mentors program;

24. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for scholarships for students enrolled in the reserve officer training corps;

25. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for Hispanic youth leadership training provided by a student-based organization at the university;

26. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for resource center raza planning;

27. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the bureau of business and economic research at the institute for applied research services to conduct an incorporation census of the south valley of Bernalillo county;

28. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for an at-risk youth mural project focused on history, traditions and customs of south valley communities in Bernalillo county; and

29. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for operations at the south championship golf course.

Section 36. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. for the college of health and social services:

(a) one hundred seventy-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($171,700) for speech-language pathology and autism outreach services;

(b) twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to expand the communication disorders program to increase the number of speech-language pathologists in the public schools, in collaboration with the university of New Mexico; and

2. forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for the hotel, restaurant and tourism management prostart partnership;

3. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to support a Native American youth culinary arts program;

4. five thousand dollars ($5,000) for degree programs in aerospace engineering;

5. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the pre-engineering program;

6. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the alliances for underrepresented students program to increase degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics;

7. seventy-one thousand dollars ($71,000) for the science education enhancement and elementary and secondary teacher outreach program;

8. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to support professional development for teachers of secondary and post-secondary English;

9. sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($16,700) for operating expenses of educational television KRWG;

10. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a student-athlete academic support program;

11. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to expand the institute for international relations;

12. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to establish a Pan American dance institute;

13. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the Kenneth Barrick endowment fund;

14. forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) for outreach to and retention of students in Chicano programs;

15. thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for student travel expenses to national and regional agricultural secondary education events;

16. ninety-nine thousand three hundred dollars ($99,300) for the range improvement task force;

17. to the New Mexico department of agriculture:

(a) thirty-two thousand dollars ($32,000) for the farmers' market nutrition enhancement program;

(b) thirteen thousand five hundred dollars ($13,500) for the sustainable agriculture research education center;

(c) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the Memorial middle school agriculture science center in the Las Vegas city public school district;

(d) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the east Torrance soil and water conservation district to conduct education and training programs;

(e) sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) for the support of the Canadian river soil and water conservation district;

(f) fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($14,700) for marketing research for the pecan industry;

(g) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the center for large animal health and food defense;

(h) forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for economic development and biodiesel algae research in Eddy county;

(i) forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to market New Mexico-grown produce and food products at trade shows;

(j) seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000) for the development of a mechanized harvesting solution for chile and genetic engineering;

(k) forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for an education and leadership program for new and emerging opportunities in agriculture; and

(l) five thousand dollars ($5,000) to enhance international marketing of New Mexico agricultural products;

18. to the cooperative extension service:

(a) one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($135,000) for tribal cooperative extension centers to provide a base for intercultural youth programs, health-based programs and natural resource and agricultural information services that are currently not available in the targeted New Mexico tribal communities;

(b) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the Bernalillo county extension service;

(d) four thousand dollars ($4,000) for 4-H operations and outreach programs in Chaves and Eddy counties; and

(e) four thousand dollars ($4,000) to support a future farmers of America outreach program in Chaves county;

19. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a task force to examine the economic benefit of providing a personal income tax exemption on retainer pay made to retired military service personnel;

20. for the Alamogordo branch, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500) for professional development training to early childhood education providers in Otero and Lincoln counties;

21. to the Carlsbad branch, seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the manufacturing sector development program to provide work force and vocational training;

22. for the Dona Ana branch, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a dental hygienist program; and

23. to the Grants branch, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to increase the number of underrepresented minority students entering health profession programs.

Section 37. NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the men's wrestling program;

2. six thousand seven hundred dollars ($6,700) for an educational outreach program with the university athletics support group;

3. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to support a pilot project to pay tuition expenses for teachers who tutor students in the West Las Vegas and Las Vegas city public school districts;

4. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to support the community custody clinical treatment program at the school of social work; and

5. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to prepare students for medical school or other health-related careers.

Section 38. WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of western New Mexico university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) to expand the nursing program;

2. fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the Chicano y Chicana institute program;

3. six thousand dollars ($6,000) for instructional television needs; and

4. eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) to maintain and expand the internet-based criminal justice program.

Section 39. EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of eastern New Mexico university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for operating expenses of educational television KENW;

2. forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) for the public television digital conversion project;

3. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to expand child care services for students and staff;

4. twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to create a small-museum certification program;

5. one hundred ninety-one thousand eight hundred dollars ($191,800) for the English as a second language institute;

6. one hundred forty thousand dollars ($140,000) for intercollegiate athletics; provided that at least seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) of this appropriation shall be used to provide athletic scholarships; and

7. for the Roswell branch:

(a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide counseling and other services for students enrolled in the special services program; and

(b) forty-six thousand seven hundred dollars ($46,700) to the dental services program for supplies necessary to provide dental services for low-income children and adults who have no other source for dental care.

Section 40. NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico institute of mining and technology for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. one hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($155,000) for the small business innovation research outreach program;

2. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to expand the institute for complex additive systems analysis;

3. for the bureau of geology and mineral resources:

(a) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for publication expenses;

(b) fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to conduct statewide aquifer mapping and characterization; and

4. forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for the science fair;

5. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for student outreach for science and engineering;

6. sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) to engage high school students in a summer science program; and

7. twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) for a statewide program to provide training on supercomputers for middle and high school students.

Section 41. NORTHERN NEW MEXICO STATE SCHOOL PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of northern New Mexico state school for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the appropriations remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund:

1. twenty-six thousand seven hundred dollars ($26,700) for the northern youth sports program;

2. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a math and science academy to train teachers to improve their skills, technical knowledge and teaching techniques in science, mathematics and technology; and

3. one hundred thirty-four thousand dollars ($134,000) for decontamination training of volunteer and full-time firefighters, law enforcement personnel and other emergency responders to prepare for a hazardous material, radioactive or terrorism event.

Section 42. NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PROJECT.--Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the low-vision clinic program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 43. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AUTHORIZED.--In addition to the compensation appropriations in the General Appropriation Act of 2008, for incumbent employees subject to the coverage of the Personnel Act an additional average salary increase of one-half percent is authorized on July 1, 2008, based on employee job performance, as determined by the personnel board. Each agency shall use cash balances, vacancy savings and other available funds to provide the salary increase, provided that, for those agencies that demonstrate that they do not have any available funds for the salary increase, upon review by the legislative finance committee and approval of the state board of finance:

A. the department of finance and administration may expend up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the appropriation contingency fund for distributions to the appropriate agencies for employees whose salaries are derived from the general fund;

B. the department of finance and administration may transfer from the appropriate fund to the appropriate agency the amount required for employees whose salaries are derived from nongeneral fund appropriations; and

C. the amounts distributed pursuant to Subsection A or B of this section are appropriated for the purpose of providing the salary increase and any unexpended balances remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the appropriate fund.".

Respectfully submitted,

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Henry Kiki Saavedra, Chairman

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(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

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The roll call vote was For Against

Yes: 18

No: 0

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