0001| SENATE BILL 523 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| DEDE FELDMAN | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR | 0012| THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING HISPANIC MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE STATE. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred seventy-five | 0016| thousand dollars ($175,000) is appropriated from the general | 0017| fund to the office of cultural affairs for expenditure in | 0018| fiscal year 1998 so that the office of cultural affairs may | 0019| contract for services to promote Hispanic music throughout the | 0020| state. The promotion of Hispanic music shall include | 0021| conducting of Hispanic music workshops, shows and concerts, | 0022| awarding of scholarships to study Hispanic music and providing | 0023| recognition of achievement for persons who produce and perform | 0024| Hispanic music. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance | 0025| remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the | 0001| general fund. |