0001| HOUSE BILL 2 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| Richard T. Knowles | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES FOR | 0012| STATE GOVERNMENT. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.--The following | 0016| amounts are appropriated from the general fund, or other funds | 0017| as indicated, for the purposes specified. Unless otherwise | 0018| indicated, the appropriations may be expended in fiscal years | 0019| 1998 and 1999. Unless otherwise indicated, unexpended or | 0020| unencumbered balances of the appropriations remaining at the | 0021| end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the appropriate fund: | 0022| A. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) is | 0023| appropriated to the local government division of the | 0024| department of finance and administration for expenditure in | 0025| fiscal year 1999 for the village of Tularosa youth program; |
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0001| B. one million two hundred thousand dollars | 0002| ($1,200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0003| children, youth and families department for expenditure in | 0004| fiscal year 1999 for contractual services for prevention and | 0005| intervention services; | 0006| C. five million five hundred thousand dollars | 0007| ($5,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0008| income support division of the human services department for | 0009| expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for expenses related to the | 0010| general assistance program; | 0011| D. four million four hundred thousand dollars | 0012| ($4,400,000) of the distribution of the land grant permanent | 0013| funds of which the penitentiary of New Mexico is the | 0014| beneficiary is appropriated to the corrections department for | 0015| expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for operations of the | 0016| penitentiary of New Mexico; | 0017| E. one million three hundred eighty-five thousand | 0018| two hundred dollars ($1,385,200) is appropriated from the | 0019| general fund and two million sixty-seven thousand three | 0020| hundred dollars ($2,067,300) is appropriated from the state | 0021| road fund to the motor transportation division of the taxation | 0022| and revenue department for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 to | 0023| support costs related to motor transportation enforcement | 0024| officers; | 0025| F. five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is |
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0001| appropriated from the general fund to the property control | 0002| division of the general services department for expenditure in | 0003| fiscal year 1999 for personal services, employee benefits and | 0004| other related expenses; | 0005| G. one million seven hundred thousand dollars | 0006| ($1,700,000) is appropriated from other state funds, including | 0007| the county-supported medicaid fund, to the department of | 0008| health for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for costs related | 0009| to support of primary care facilities, contracts and other | 0010| expenses; | 0011| H. two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of | 0012| operating transfers is appropriated to the office on | 0013| information and communication management for expenditure in | 0014| fiscal year 1999 for contractual services for strategic | 0015| planning; | 0016| I. three hundred eighty thousand dollars | 0017| ($380,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0018| economic development department for costs related to | 0019| development, promotion and planning of the spaceport; | 0020| J. six hundred forty-two thousand dollars | 0021| ($642,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0022| department of public safety for expenditure in fiscal year | 0023| 1999 for support of nineteen full-time equivalent positions; | 0024| K. one million four hundred thousand dollars | 0025| ($1,400,000) from the land grant permanent funds and six |
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0001| hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) from the severance tax | 0002| permanent fund is appropriated to the state investment office | 0003| for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for investment management | 0004| and other fees; | 0005| L. in addition to amounts authorized in Laws 1998, | 0006| Chapter 116, the secretary of finance and administration may | 0007| transfer five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) from the | 0008| general fund operating reserve to the state board of finance | 0009| emergency fund; | 0010| M. the unexpended or unencumbered balance of the | 0011| appropriation to the commission on higher education in Laws | 0012| 1997, Chapter 206, Section 2 for feasibility studies and | 0013| implementation of a prepaid tuition program shall not revert | 0014| at the end of fiscal year 1998 but may be expended for the | 0015| purposes of that section in fiscal year 1999; | 0016| N. the following amounts are appropriated from the | 0017| general fund to the legislative council service for | 0018| expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the following purposes: | 0019| (1) one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars | 0020| ($175,000) for phase three of the block boundary suggestion | 0021| project in preparation for redistricting after the next | 0022| federal decennial census; | 0023| (2) three hundred sixty thousand dollars | 0024| ($360,000) for legislative retirement; and | 0025| (3) two hundred fifty-three thousand dollars |
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0001| ($253,000) for a year 2000 compliant data system and other | 0002| data processing needs; | 0003| O. eight hundred eighty-six thousand dollars | 0004| ($886,000) from the general fund and two hundred seventy-four | 0005| thousand dollars ($274,000) from legislative council service | 0006| cash balances are appropriated to the legislative council | 0007| service for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for interim | 0008| expenses, including a leadership staff pilot project conducted | 0009| under the aegis of the legislative council service; | 0010| P. five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is | 0011| appropriated from the general fund to the administrative | 0012| office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 to | 0013| provide funding for existing drug courts in the judicial | 0014| districts; | 0015| Q. one million dollars ($1,000,000) is | 0016| appropriated from the general fund to the department of | 0017| finance and administration for transfer to the New Mexico | 0018| mortgage finance authority for weatherization programs; | 0019| R. one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) | 0020| is appropriated from the general fund to the criminal and | 0021| juvenile justice coordinating council for expenditure in | 0022| fiscal year 1999 for contractual services; provided that this | 0023| appropriation is contingent on the council submitting to the | 0024| governor and the department of finance and administration a | 0025| long-range plan for the agency that provides specific |
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0001| information of its future activities and its goals and | 0002| objectives; | 0003| S. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) is | 0004| appropriated from the general fund to the governor's office | 0005| for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for contingency costs; | 0006| T. eight million six hundred thousand dollars | 0007| ($8,600,000) is appropriated from the general fund operating | 0008| reserve to the economic development department for expenditure | 0009| in fiscal year 1999 and subsequent fiscal years to provide | 0010| matching funds not to exceed ten percent of the costs of | 0011| designing and constructing roads, runways and other | 0012| infrastructure for a southwest regional spaceport when New | 0013| Mexico has been designated as the site for reusable aerospace | 0014| launch vehicles; provided that disbursement of any amount of | 0015| this appropriation is contingent on certification by the | 0016| secretary of finance and administration and notification to | 0017| the legislative finance committee that: | 0018| (1) the disbursement represents not more than | 0019| ten percent of the proposed expenditure; | 0020| (2) a matching amount from sources other than | 0021| the state equal to at least ninety percent of the proposed | 0022| expenditure is available within twelve months of the | 0023| disbursement and that the contracts for the proposed design or | 0024| construction are pending and can be executed upon receipt of | 0025| the money; and |
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0001| (3) spaceport headquarters have been or will | 0002| be established in Albuquerque; | 0003| U. four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is | 0004| appropriated from the general fund to the human services | 0005| department for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for transfer to | 0006| the New Mexico mortgage finance authority to provide services | 0007| to homeless programs statewide; | 0008| V. the following amounts are appropriated from the | 0009| general fund to the department of health for expenditure in | 0010| fiscal year 1999 for the following purposes: | 0011| (1) six hundred fifty thousand dollars | 0012| ($650,000) for HIV/AIDS medications and treatments; | 0013| (2) one million dollars ($1,000,000) for | 0014| early intervention for developmentally disabled; | 0015| (3) one million dollars ($1,000,000) for | 0016| health services for children not eligible for medicaid; | 0017| (4) one million dollars ($1,000,000) to carry | 0018| out the purposes of the Rural Primary Health Care Act; and | 0019| (5) six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) | 0020| for children's health initiatives in the public health | 0021| division; | 0022| W. four hundred eighty-two thousand five hundred | 0023| dollars ($482,500) is appropriated from the general fund to | 0024| the health policy commission for expenditure in fiscal year | 0025| 1999 for contractual services; |
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0001| X. the following amounts are appropriated from the | 0002| general fund to the children, youth and families department | 0003| for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the following | 0004| purposes: | 0005| (1) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) | 0006| for families in need of services; | 0007| (2) one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars | 0008| ($185,000) for adult protective services; and | 0009| (3) one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars | 0010| ($135,000) for attendant care services; | 0011| Y. sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) is | 0012| appropriated from the general fund to the crime victims | 0013| reparation commission for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for | 0014| a statewide legal help line for victims of domestic violence; | 0015| Z. the following amounts are appropriated from the | 0016| general fund to the state department of public education for | 0017| expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the following purposes: | 0018| (1) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars | 0019| ($750,000) to provide the match for the computer in the | 0020| schools program; and | 0021| (2) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars | 0022| ($750,000) for statewide dropout prevention programs. | 0023| AA. one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) | 0024| is appropriated from the general fund to the commission on | 0025| higher education for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the |
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0001| advanced placement program; and | 0002| BB. eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) is | 0003| appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of | 0004| New Mexico state university to carry out the provisions of the | 0005| Noxious Weed Management Act. | 0006| Section 2. SUPPLEMENTAL AND DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS.-- | 0007| The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund, | 0008| or other funds as indicated, for expenditure in fiscal year | 0009| 1998 for the purposes specified. Disbursement of these | 0010| amounts shall be subject to the following conditions: | 0011| certification by the agency to the department of finance and | 0012| administration and the legislative finance committee that no | 0013| other funds are available in fiscal year 1998 for the purpose | 0014| specified. Any unexpended or unencumbered balances remaining | 0015| at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the appropriate | 0016| fund: | 0017| A. one hundred ninety-three thousand two hundred | 0018| dollars ($193,200) is appropriated to the supreme court for | 0019| litigation costs; | 0020| B. twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) is | 0021| appropriated to the supreme court building commission for | 0022| maintenance and repairs; | 0023| C. thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars | 0024| ($37,500) is appropriated to the third judicial district court | 0025| to repay a board of finance division loan for water rights |
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0001| litigation; | 0002| D. five thousand four hundred dollars ($5,400) is | 0003| appropriated to the fifth judicial district court for judge | 0004| pro tempore services rendered in fiscal year 1997 in the | 0005| State v. Lewis water adjudication suit; | 0006| E. forty-five thousand four hundred dollars | 0007| ($45,400) is appropriated to the third judicial district | 0008| attorney for employee liability insurance and bar association | 0009| dues; | 0010| F. twenty-three thousand one hundred dollars | 0011| ($23,100) is appropriated to the ninth judicial district | 0012| attorney for litigation costs in the prosecution of a conflict | 0013| case for the fifth judicial district attorney; | 0014| G. eight thousand seven hundred dollars ($8,700) | 0015| is appropriated to the twelfth judicial district attorney for | 0016| expert witness fees; | 0017| H. eighty-eight thousand dollars ($88,000) is | 0018| appropriated to the attorney general for the guardianship | 0019| services program; | 0020| I. one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) | 0021| is appropriated to the general services department for the | 0022| required match of procurement assistance federal funds in | 0023| fiscal years 1996, 1997 and 1998; | 0024| J. thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) is | 0025| appropriated to the state treasurer for personal services and |
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0001| employee benefits; | 0002| K. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is | 0003| appropriated to the state corporation commission for costs | 0004| associated with telecommunications rulemaking and rate | 0005| setting; | 0006| L. three million seven hundred thousand dollars | 0007| ($3,700,000) is appropriated to the corrections department for | 0008| costs associated with leasing bed space; | 0009| M. one hundred thirty-one thousand nine hundred | 0010| dollars ($131,900) is appropriated to the New Mexico military | 0011| institute for the Saunders barracks phase two construction | 0012| project; and | 0013| N. five hundred eighty thousand dollars ($580,000) | 0014| is appropriated from the general fund to the secretary of | 0015| state to defray costs of the special congressional election. | 0016| Section 3. JURY AND WITNESS FEE FUND--APPROPRIATION.-- | 0017| A. Six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is | 0018| appropriated from the general fund to the jury and witness fee | 0019| fund for expenditure in fiscal year 1998 and subsequent fiscal | 0020| years to carry out the purposes of the fund. The | 0021| administrative office of the courts may also expend the cash | 0022| balances in the fund as of May 1, 1998 in fiscal year 1998 and | 0023| subsequent fiscal years to carry out the purposes of the fund. | 0024| Money in the fund shall not be used to repay the fiscal year | 0025| 1998 state board of finance loan. |
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0001| B. Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is | 0002| appropriated from the general fund to the jury and witness fee | 0003| fund for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 and subsequent fiscal | 0004| years to carry out the purposes of the fund. | 0005| C. Six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is | 0006| appropriated from the general fund to the department of | 0007| finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 | 0008| and subsequent fiscal years as a contingency fund to pay | 0009| unanticipated costs of the jury and witness fee fund when the | 0010| director of the administrative office of the courts certifies | 0011| to the secretary of finance and administration that there is | 0012| not enough money in the jury and witness fee fund to pay | 0013| current and projected commitments. | 0014| Section 4. SPECIAL SESSION--APPROPRIATION.-- | 0015| A. The following amounts are appropriated from the | 0016| legislative council service cash balances for expenditure in | 0017| fiscal year 1998 for the following expenses of the first | 0018| special session of the forty-third legislature: | 0019| (1) for the expense of the house of | 0020| representatives, one hundred four thousand nine hundred | 0021| dollars ($104,900) to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the | 0022| speaker and the chief clerk of the house of representatives; | 0023| (2) for the expense of the senate, fifty- | 0024| seven thousand five hundred dollars ($57,500) to be disbursed | 0025| on vouchers signed by the chairman of the committees' |
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0001| committee and the chief clerk of the senate; and | 0002| (3) for the expense of the legislative | 0003| council service, the joint billroom and the legislative | 0004| switchboard, thirty-eight thousand dollars ($38,000) to be | 0005| disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the | 0006| legislative council service or his authorized representative. | 0007| B. Following adjournment of the first special | 0008| session of the forty-third legislature, expenditures | 0009| authorized in this section shall be disbursed on vouchers | 0010| signed by the director of the legislative council service or | 0011| his authorized representative. | 0012| Section 5. COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENHANCEMENT FUND | 0013| APPROPRIATIONS.--Eleven million three hundred seventy-seven | 0014| thousand dollars ($11,377,000) is appropriated from the | 0015| general fund to the computer systems enhancement fund for | 0016| expenditure in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for allocations | 0017| pursuant to the appropriations in Section 6 of this act. | 0018| Section 6. DATA PROCESSING APPROPRIATIONS.--The | 0019| following amounts are appropriated from the computer systems | 0020| enhancement fund, or other funds as indicated, for the | 0021| purposes specified. Unless otherwise indicated, the | 0022| appropriations may be expended in fiscal years 1998 and 1999. | 0023| Unless otherwise indicated, any unexpended or unencumbered | 0024| balances remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert | 0025| to the computer systems enhancement fund or other funds as |
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0001| indicated. The department of finance and administration shall | 0002| allocate amounts from the funds for the purposes specified | 0003| upon receiving certification and supporting documentation from | 0004| the requesting agency that identifies benefits that can be | 0005| quantified and nonrecurring costs and recurring costs for the | 0006| development and implementation of the proposed system and, for | 0007| executive agencies, upon receiving certification from the | 0008| chief information officer that identifies compliance with the | 0009| information architecture and individual information and | 0010| communications systems plans. If the funds are to continue a | 0011| project, the documentation shall include certification that | 0012| the project is on schedule, all funds previously allocated | 0013| have been properly expended and additional funds are required. | 0014| The department of finance and administration shall provide a | 0015| copy of the certification and all supporting documentation to | 0016| the legislative finance committee: | 0017| A. three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is | 0018| appropriated to the administrative office of the district | 0019| attorneys for computer and network equipment and software; | 0020| B. two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is | 0021| appropriated to the taxation and revenue department for | 0022| personal computers; | 0023| C. four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is | 0024| appropriated to the department of finance and administration | 0025| for completion of the agency information management system |
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0001| core modules and user agency training; | 0002| D. one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars | 0003| ($125,000) is appropriated to the department of finance and | 0004| administration for the procurement reengineering project | 0005| module for the agency information management system; | 0006| E. four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is | 0007| appropriated from information systems division fees to the | 0008| general services department for mainframe software debugging | 0009| tools, contingent upon state agencies funding these tools; | 0010| F. three hundred seventy thousand dollars | 0011| ($370,000) is appropriated from the educational retirement | 0012| fund to the educational retirement board for a year-2000 | 0013| compliant server, software, hardware, data conversion and | 0014| training; | 0015| G. four hundred forty-five thousand dollars | 0016| ($445,000) is appropriated from public defender cash balances | 0017| to the public defender for computer equipment, software | 0018| purchase and web page development; | 0019| H. two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) | 0020| is appropriated from the public employees retirement income | 0021| fund to the public employees retirement association for an | 0022| investment accounting system; | 0023| I. fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is | 0024| appropriated to the state commission of public records for a | 0025| server upgrade; |
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0001| J. two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is | 0002| appropriated to the secretary of state for the voter | 0003| registration requirements definition; | 0004| K. six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is | 0005| appropriated from cash balances in the regulation and | 0006| licensing department to the regulation and licensing | 0007| department for a year 2000 compliant boards and commission | 0008| system; | 0009| L. one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars | 0010| ($175,000) is appropriated to the office of cultural affairs | 0011| for the New Mexico cultural resource information system; | 0012| M. one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars | 0013| ($125,000) is appropriated to the office of cultural affairs | 0014| for a file server at the state library; | 0015| N. fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000) is | 0016| appropriated from fee income and other revenue of the New | 0017| Mexico livestock board to the New Mexico livestock board for | 0018| one server, two work stations and database management | 0019| software; | 0020| O. five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is | 0021| appropriated from the game protection fund to the department | 0022| of game and fish for a client server and computer equipment | 0023| for processing wildlife gaming license and citation | 0024| information; | 0025| P. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is |
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0001| appropriated to the energy, minerals and natural resources | 0002| department for upgrading to a year 2000 compliant financial | 0003| system; | 0004| Q. six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars | 0005| ($625,000) is appropriated to the state engineer for the water | 0006| administration technical engineering resource system | 0007| geographic information system component; | 0008| R. seven hundred forty-six thousand dollars | 0009| ($746,000) is appropriated to the state engineer for the water | 0010| administration technical engineering resource system; | 0011| S. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is | 0012| appropriated to the state engineer for geographic information | 0013| systems; | 0014| T. seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) is | 0015| appropriated to the New Mexico public utility commission for | 0016| year 2000 compliant hardware and software; | 0017| U. forty thousand dollars ($40,000) is | 0018| appropriated to the New Mexico public utility commission for | 0019| personal computers in support of imaging requirements and the | 0020| merger of the New Mexico public utility commission and the | 0021| state corporation commission; | 0022| V. three million dollars ($3,000,000) is | 0023| appropriated to the human services department for the child | 0024| support enforcement system; | 0025| W. five hundred forty-six thousand dollars |
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0001| ($546,000) is appropriated from the employment security | 0002| department fund and two million dollars ($2,000,000) is | 0003| appropriated from federal revenue to the labor department for | 0004| contractual services to ensure mission critical systems are | 0005| year 2000 compliant; | 0006| X. four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is | 0007| appropriated to the department of health for an integrated | 0008| public health information system; | 0009| Y. one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) | 0010| is appropriated to the New Mexico health policy commission for | 0011| developing data standards and design requirements; | 0012| Z. eight hundred sixteen thousand dollars | 0013| ($816,000) is appropriated from the computer systems | 0014| enhancement fund and eight hundred sixteen thousand dollars | 0015| ($816,000) is appropriated from cash balances in the children, | 0016| youth and families department to the children, youth and | 0017| families department for incorporation of the juvenile justice | 0018| functionality into the family automated client tracking | 0019| system; | 0020| AA. two million five hundred thousand dollars | 0021| ($2,500,000) is appropriated to the corrections department for | 0022| procurement of a year 2000 compliant criminal information | 0023| management system, financial management system modules, | 0024| network hardware and software and related information systems | 0025| costs and contractual services; |
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0001| BB. nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) is | 0002| appropriated to the department of public safety for computer- | 0003| aided dispatch capability; and | 0004| CC. four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is | 0005| appropriated to the state department of public education for a | 0006| year 2000 compliant comprehensive accountability system. | 0007| Section 7. ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEAR 1998 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT | 0008| AUTHORITY.--During fiscal year 1998, subject to review and | 0009| approval by the department of finance and administration, in | 0010| addition to the budget adjustment authority granted in Laws | 0011| 1997, Chapter 33, Section 10 and pursuant to Sections 6-3-23 | 0012| through 6-3-25 NMSA 1978: | 0013| A. the seventh judicial district attorney may | 0014| request that nineteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($19,700) | 0015| be transferred from the personal services category to the | 0016| operating costs category for expert witness fees; | 0017| B. the eighth judicial district attorney may | 0018| request that twenty-eight thousand two hundred dollars | 0019| ($28,200) be transferred from the personal services category | 0020| to any other category to cover projected shortfalls; | 0021| C. the taxation and revenue department may request | 0022| category transfers not to exceed two hundred forty thousand | 0023| dollars ($240,000) from the personal services category for | 0024| expenses related to the enhanced driver's license program and | 0025| telecommunications; |
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0001| D. the local government division of the department | 0002| of finance and administration may request that forty thousand | 0003| seven hundred dollars ($40,700) be transferred from the | 0004| personal services category to the personal services category | 0005| in the administrative services division of the department of | 0006| finance and administration; | 0007| E. the general services department may request | 0008| division and category transfers necessary to carry out the | 0009| transfer of the printing office to the information systems | 0010| division; | 0011| F. the public defender department may request | 0012| transfers from the personal services category to the | 0013| contractual services category for contract attorney fees or to | 0014| the operating costs category for expert witness fees; | 0015| G. the New Mexico state fair may request transfers | 0016| from the personal services category to the other costs | 0017| category for retirement of debt; | 0018| H. the office of the state engineer may request | 0019| transfer of an amount not to exceed two hundred ten thousand | 0020| dollars ($210,000) from the personal services category to | 0021| cover projected deficits in other categories; | 0022| I. the New Mexico veterans' center of the | 0023| department of health may request transfers from the personal | 0024| services category to the contractual services category; | 0025| J. the southern New Mexico rehabilitation center |
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0001| of the department of health may request transfers from the | 0002| personal services category to the contractual services | 0003| category; | 0004| K. the Fort Bayard medical center of the | 0005| department of health may request transfers from the personal | 0006| services category to the contractual services category; | 0007| L. the public health division of the department of | 0008| health may request transfers from the personal services | 0009| category to the supplies and materials category or the other | 0010| costs category to purchase HIV-AIDS medication; | 0011| M. the long-term care and restorative services | 0012| division of the department of health may request transfers | 0013| from the personal services category to the contractual | 0014| services category in the medical fragile waiver to reduce the | 0015| number of individuals on the waiting list; | 0016| N. the department of health may request that three | 0017| hundred eighty thousand dollars ($380,000) be transferred from | 0018| the personal services category to other categories in the | 0019| long-term care and restorative services division to settle | 0020| payment for additional costs of treating outlier clients; | 0021| seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) be transferred | 0022| from the personal services category to other categories in the | 0023| long-term care and restorative services division to resolve | 0024| outstanding accounts payable problems; and two hundred fifty | 0025| thousand dollars ($250,000) be transferred from the personal |
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0001| services category to other categories in the long-term care | 0002| and restorative services division to cover "Jackson" case | 0003| legal fees; | 0004| O. the New Mexico veterans' service commission may | 0005| request transfer of an amount not to exceed seventeen thousand | 0006| dollars ($17,000) from the personal services category to cover | 0007| projected deficits in other categories; | 0008| P. the children, youth and families department may | 0009| request transfers from the personal services category in | 0010| amounts not to exceed one million three hundred thousand | 0011| dollars ($1,300,000) for costs related to child care, foster | 0012| care, adoption and attendant care and for costs related to | 0013| residents in and maintenance of facilities under its control; | 0014| Q. the adult probation and parole division of the | 0015| corrections department may request that three hundred sixteen | 0016| thousand dollars ($316,000) be transferred from the personal | 0017| services category to other categories for additional costs | 0018| associated with housing parole violators in county detention | 0019| centers; | 0020| R. the adult institutions division of the | 0021| corrections department may request that one hundred fifty | 0022| thousand dollars ($150,000) be transferred from the personal | 0023| services category to other categories to cover projected | 0024| deficits in the institutions; | 0025| S. the corrections department may request |
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0001| transfers from the personal services category to the | 0002| contractual services category for the operations of the New | 0003| Mexico women's correctional facility. The corrections | 0004| department is specifically authorized to exceed the limit for | 0005| payments to that facility provided in the General | 0006| Appropriation Act of 1997; and | 0007| T. the department of public safety may request | 0008| category transfers from the personal services category in an | 0009| amount not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) | 0010| for costs associated with recruit school for additional state | 0011| police officers. | 0012| Section 8. BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUESTS AUTHORIZED.-- | 0013| A. As used in this section: | 0014| (1) "budget category" means an item or an | 0015| aggregation of related items that represents the object of an | 0016| appropriation. Budget categories include personal services, | 0017| employee benefits, travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies | 0018| and materials, contractual services, operating costs, other | 0019| costs, capital outlay, out-of-state travel and other financing | 0020| uses; | 0021| (2) "budget increase" means an approved | 0022| increase in expenditures by an agency or division from a | 0023| specific source; | 0024| (3) "category transfer" means an approved | 0025| transfer of funds from one budget category to another budget |
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0001| category; | 0002| (4) "division" means an organizational unit | 0003| within an agency that is the recipient of an appropriation; | 0004| (5) "division transfer" means an approved | 0005| transfer of funds from one division of an agency to another | 0006| division of that agency; provided that the annual cumulative | 0007| effect of division transfers shall not increase or decrease | 0008| the appropriation to a division by more than seven and one- | 0009| half percent; | 0010| (6) "program" means a set of activities | 0011| undertaken in accordance with a plan of action and organized | 0012| to realize clearly defined, measurable goals and objectives; | 0013| and | 0014| (7) "subprogram" means a more narrowly | 0015| defined part of a set of activities undertaken in accordance | 0016| with a plan of action and organized to realize clearly | 0017| defined, measurable goals and objectives. | 0018| B. Pursuant to Sections 6-3-23 through 6-3-25 NMSA | 0019| 1978, the following agencies or divisions are specifically | 0020| authorized to request the specified budget adjustments during | 0021| fiscal year 1999: | 0022| (1) the legislative council service may | 0023| request category transfers; | 0024| (2) the legislative finance committee may | 0025| request category transfers; |
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0001| (3) the senate chief clerk may request | 0002| category transfers; | 0003| (4) the house chief clerk may request | 0004| category transfers; | 0005| (5) the legislative education study committee | 0006| may request category transfers; | 0007| (6) the legislative maintenance department | 0008| may request category transfers; | 0009| (7) the legislature may request category | 0010| transfers; | 0011| (8) the supreme court law library may request | 0012| category transfers; | 0013| (9) the New Mexico compilation commission may | 0014| request category transfers; | 0015| (10) the judicial standards commission may | 0016| request category transfers; | 0017| (11) the court of appeals may request | 0018| category transfers; | 0019| (12) the supreme court may request category | 0020| transfers; | 0021| (13) the administrative office of the courts | 0022| may request category transfers; | 0023| (14) the supreme court building commission | 0024| may request category transfers; | 0025| (15) the jury and witness fee fund may |
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0001| request category transfers; | 0002| (16) each district court may request category | 0003| transfers; | 0004| (17) the Bernalillo county metropolitan court | 0005| may request category transfers; | 0006| (18) each district attorney may request | 0007| category transfers; | 0008| (19) the administrative office of the | 0009| district attorneys may request category transfers; | 0010| (20) the attorney general may request | 0011| transfers from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and | 0012| repairs, supplies and materials, contractual services, | 0013| operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state | 0014| travel or other financing uses category to any other category; | 0015| (21) the state auditor may request category | 0016| transfers; | 0017| (22) the taxation and revenue department may | 0018| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, | 0019| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0020| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0021| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0022| category; | 0023| (23) the state investment council may request | 0024| transfers from the personal services, employee benefits, | 0025| travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, |
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0001| contractual services, operating costs, other costs, capital | 0002| outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses category | 0003| to any other category and the state investment council may | 0004| request budget increases from other state funds and from | 0005| internal service funds/interagency transfers; | 0006| (24) the department of finance and | 0007| administration may request transfers from the employee | 0008| benefits, travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and | 0009| materials, contractual services, operating costs, other costs, | 0010| capital outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses | 0011| category to any other category; | 0012| (25) the operations division of the public | 0013| school insurance authority may request category transfers; | 0014| (26) the administration component of the | 0015| retiree health care authority may request category transfers; | 0016| (27) the general services department may | 0017| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, | 0018| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0019| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0020| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0021| category; | 0022| (28) the educational retirement board may | 0023| request category transfers; | 0024| (29) the criminal and juvenile justice | 0025| coordinating council may request category transfers; |
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0001| (30) the public defender department may | 0002| request up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) in budget | 0003| increases from cash balances for operating expenses, contracts | 0004| and automation and may request transfers from the employee | 0005| benefits, travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and | 0006| materials, contractual services, operating costs, other costs, | 0007| capital outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses | 0008| category to any other category; | 0009| (31) the governor may request category | 0010| transfers; | 0011| (32) the office on information and | 0012| communication management may request category transfers; | 0013| (33) the lieutenant governor may request | 0014| category transfers; | 0015| (34) the public employees retirement | 0016| association may request transfers from the employee benefits, | 0017| travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, | 0018| contractual services, operating costs, other costs, capital | 0019| outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses category | 0020| to any other category, except that funds authorized for | 0021| investment manager fees within the contractual services | 0022| category of the administrative division and for custody | 0023| services within the other costs category of the administrative | 0024| division shall not be transferred; | 0025| (35) the maintenance division of the public |
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0001| employees retirement association may request budget increases | 0002| from other state funds to meet the emergencies or unexpected | 0003| physical plant failures that might affect the health and | 0004| safety of workers; | 0005| (36) the state commission of public records | 0006| may request category transfers; | 0007| (37) the secretary of state may request | 0008| category transfers; | 0009| (38) the personnel board may request category | 0010| transfers; | 0011| (39) the public employee labor relations | 0012| board may request category transfers; | 0013| (40) the state treasurer may request category | 0014| transfers; | 0015| (41) the board of examiners for architects | 0016| may request category transfers; | 0017| (42) the border authority may request | 0018| category transfers; | 0019| (43) the tourism department may request | 0020| transfers from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and | 0021| repairs, supplies and materials, contractual services, | 0022| operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state | 0023| travel or other financing uses category to any other category; | 0024| (44) the economic development department may | 0025| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, |
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0001| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0002| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0003| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0004| category; | 0005| (45) the regulation and licensing department | 0006| may request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, | 0007| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0008| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0009| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0010| category; | 0011| (46) the twenty-seven boards and commissions | 0012| under the administration of the regulation and licensing | 0013| department, the real estate recovery fund, the barbers and | 0014| cosmetologists tuition recovery fund and the securities | 0015| education and training fund may request category transfers; | 0016| (47) the state corporation commission may | 0017| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, | 0018| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0019| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0020| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0021| category; | 0022| (48) the public regulation commission may | 0023| request category transfers; | 0024| (49) the New Mexico board of medical | 0025| examiners may request category transfers; |
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0001| (50) the board of nursing may request | 0002| category transfers; | 0003| (51) the state fair commission may request | 0004| transfers from the personal services, employee benefits, | 0005| travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, | 0006| contractual services, operating costs, other costs, capital | 0007| outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses category | 0008| to any other category; | 0009| (52) the state board of registration for | 0010| professional engineers and surveyors may request category | 0011| transfers; | 0012| (53) the state racing commission may request | 0013| category transfers; | 0014| (54) the New Mexico apple commission may | 0015| request category transfers; | 0016| (55) the board of veterinary medicine may | 0017| request category transfers; | 0018| (56) the bicycle racing commission may | 0019| request category transfers; | 0020| (57) the office of cultural affairs may | 0021| request budget increases from internal services | 0022| funds/interagency transfers for contract archaeology and may | 0023| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, | 0024| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0025| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- |
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0001| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0002| category; | 0003| (58) the New Mexico livestock board may | 0004| request category transfers; | 0005| (59) the department of game and fish may | 0006| request budget increases from internal services | 0007| funds/interagency transfers for emergencies subject to the | 0008| approval of the department of finance and administration and | 0009| the legislative finance committee and may request transfers | 0010| from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and repairs, | 0011| supplies and materials, contractual services, operating costs, | 0012| other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state travel or other | 0013| financing uses category to any other category; | 0014| (60) the endangered species program may | 0015| request category transfers; | 0016| (61) the energy, minerals and natural | 0017| resources department may request transfers from the employee | 0018| benefits, travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and | 0019| materials, contractual services, operating costs, other costs, | 0020| capital outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses | 0021| category to any other category; | 0022| (62) the oil conservation division of the | 0023| energy, minerals and natural resources department may request | 0024| budget increases from the oil and gas reclamation fund to | 0025| close abandoned wells in the oil patch; |
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0001| (63) the forestry division and the state | 0002| parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources | 0003| department may request budget increases from the New Mexico | 0004| youth conservation corps fund for projects approved by the New | 0005| Mexico youth conservation corps commission; | 0006| (64) the commissioner of public lands may | 0007| request budget increases from other state funds and may | 0008| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, | 0009| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0010| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0011| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0012| category; | 0013| (65) the state engineer may request transfers | 0014| from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and repairs, | 0015| supplies and materials, contractual services, operating costs, | 0016| other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state travel or other | 0017| financing uses category to any other category; | 0018| (66) the New Mexico public utility commission | 0019| may request category transfers; | 0020| (67) the organic commodity commission may | 0021| request category transfers; | 0022| (68) the commission on the status of women | 0023| may request budget increases from other state funds for | 0024| statutorily mandated recognition programs for women and may | 0025| request category transfers; |
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0001| (69) the commission for deaf and hard-of- | 0002| hearing persons may request category transfers; | 0003| (70) the Martin Luther King, Jr. commission | 0004| may request category transfers; | 0005| (71) the commission for the blind may request | 0006| transfers from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and | 0007| repairs, supplies and materials, contractual services, | 0008| operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state | 0009| travel or other financing uses category to any other category; | 0010| (72) the New Mexico office of Indian affairs | 0011| may request category transfers; | 0012| (73) the state agency on aging may request | 0013| transfers from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and | 0014| repairs, supplies and materials, contractual services, | 0015| operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state | 0016| travel or other financing uses category to any other category; | 0017| (74) the human services department may | 0018| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, | 0019| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0020| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0021| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0022| category; | 0023| (75) the human services department may | 0024| request category and division transfers to properly establish | 0025| maintenance of effort or to match federal funds related to |
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0001| temporary assistance for needy families or work force | 0002| development; | 0003| (76) the labor department may request | 0004| transfers from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and | 0005| repairs, supplies and materials, contractual services, | 0006| operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state | 0007| travel or other financing uses category to any other category; | 0008| (77) the workers' compensation administration | 0009| may request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, | 0010| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0011| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0012| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0013| category; | 0014| (78) the vocational rehabilitation division | 0015| of the state department of public education may request | 0016| transfers from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and | 0017| repairs, supplies and materials, contractual services, | 0018| operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state | 0019| travel or other financing uses category to any other category; | 0020| (79) the governor's committee on concerns of | 0021| the handicapped may request category transfers; | 0022| (80) the developmental disabilities planning | 0023| council may request category transfers; | 0024| (81) the miners' hospital of New Mexico may | 0025| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, |
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0001| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0002| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0003| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0004| category; | 0005| (82) the department of health may request | 0006| transfers from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and | 0007| repairs, supplies and materials, contractual services, | 0008| operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state | 0009| travel or other financing uses category to any other category; | 0010| (83) the department of health may request | 0011| category transfers from the personal services and employee | 0012| benefits categories to the contractual services category to | 0013| increase community program contracts in the public health and | 0014| long-term care and restorative services divisions; | 0015| (84) the department of environment may | 0016| request budget increases from other state funds to budget | 0017| court-ordered responsible party prepayments, from the | 0018| corrective action fund to pay claims and from the hazardous | 0019| waste emergency fund to meet emergencies and may request | 0020| transfers from the employee benefits, travel, maintenance and | 0021| repairs, supplies and materials, contractual services, | 0022| operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out-of-state | 0023| travel or other financing uses category to any other category; | 0024| (85) the office of the natural resources | 0025| trustee may request budget increases from other state funds |
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0001| for court settlements to restore natural resource damage in | 0002| accordance with court orders and from internal service | 0003| funds/interagency transfers and may request category | 0004| transfers; | 0005| (86) the New Mexico health policy commission | 0006| may request category transfers; | 0007| (87) the New Mexico veterans' service | 0008| commission may request category transfers; | 0009| (88) the children, youth and families | 0010| department may request transfers from the employee benefits, | 0011| travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, | 0012| contractual services, operating costs, other costs, capital | 0013| outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses category | 0014| to any other category; | 0015| (89) the department of military affairs may | 0016| request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, supplies | 0017| and materials, contractual services, other costs, capital | 0018| outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses category | 0019| to any other category; | 0020| (90) the crime stoppers commission may | 0021| request category transfers; | 0022| (91) the parole board may request category | 0023| transfers; | 0024| (92) the juvenile parole board may request | 0025| category transfers; |
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0001| (93) the corrections department may request | 0002| transfers from the personal services, employee benefits, | 0003| travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, | 0004| contractual services, operating costs, other costs, capital | 0005| outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses category | 0006| to any other category; | 0007| (94) the crime victims reparation commission | 0008| may request category transfers; | 0009| (95) the department of public safety may | 0010| request budget increases from other state funds for disaster | 0011| declarations and from internal service funds/interagency | 0012| transfers, excluding state forfeitures and forfeiture | 0013| balances, and may request transfers from the employee | 0014| benefits, travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and | 0015| materials, contractual services, operating costs, other costs, | 0016| capital outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses | 0017| category to any other category; | 0018| (96) the state highway and transportation | 0019| department may request transfers from the employee benefits, | 0020| travel, maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, | 0021| contractual services, operating costs, other costs, capital | 0022| outlay, out-of-state travel or other financing uses category | 0023| to any other category; | 0024| (97) the state department of public education | 0025| may request transfers from the employee benefits, travel, |
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0001| maintenance and repairs, supplies and materials, contractual | 0002| services, operating costs, other costs, capital outlay, out- | 0003| of-state travel or other financing uses category to any other | 0004| category; and | 0005| (98) the commission on higher education may | 0006| request category transfers. | 0007| C. Those agencies listed in Section 4 of Chapter | 0008| 116 of Laws 1998 whose earnings or revenue from other state | 0009| funds, internal service funds or interagency transfers exceed | 0010| the amounts appropriated in that section may request budget | 0011| increases in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6-3-23 | 0012| through 6-3-25 NMSA 1978. | 0013|  |