SENATE BILL 195

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

John Pinto

FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COUNSELING SERVICES AT THE NAVAJO NATION'S OFFICE OF WOMEN AND FAMILIES FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN AND FAMILIES ON THE NAVAJO NATION WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Forty-three thousand dollars ($43,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the children, youth and families department for expenditure in fiscal year 2010 for counseling services for women and families who are low-income or who are victims of domestic violence in New Mexico communities of the Navajo Nation through the Navajo Nation's office of women and families. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.