SENATE BILL 196

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

John Pinto

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DIRECT SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON THE NAVAJO NATION.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2011 to contract to provide direct services, including advocacy, counseling and assistance in filing protection orders, to low-income victims of domestic violence in New Mexico communities of the Navajo Nation. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2011 shall revert to the general fund.

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