SENATE BILL 1
55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - third special session, 2022
INTRODUCED BY
George K. Munoz and Patricia A. Lundstrom
AN ACT
MAKING GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION TO LEGISLATIVE CONFIDENTIALITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for cybersecurity systems and operations for the legislative information system. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.
SECTION 2. JUDICIAL FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:
A. to the court of appeals, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to improve and enhance the timely processing of judicial appeals;
B. to the administrative office of the courts:
(1) one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) to expand New Mexico's statewide volunteer attorney pool to provide legal assistance to low- and moderate-income persons who are not qualified or are conflicted out of the legal aid volunteer attorney pool; and
(2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Children's Code reform task force;
C. to the first judicial district court, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for offsite court operations to rent facilities and to contract for security and personnel to conduct jury trials in accordance with coronavirus disease 2019 safe practices;
D. to the second judicial district court, sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to assist with case backlog and jury trials;
E. to the third judicial district court, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase and install information technology improvements at court locations for remote hearings;
F. to the eleventh judicial district court, one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to upgrade courtroom technology in San Juan county;
G. to the district attorney of the first judicial district, three hundred sixty thousand dollars ($360,000) for an integrated prosecution, intervention and diversion data system; and
H. to the district attorney of the sixth judicial district, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase and install forensic interviewing and information technology equipment.
SECTION 3. GENERAL CONTROL FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS.--The appropriations in this section are from the general fund for the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund:
A. to the acequia and community ditch fund, one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) for the New Mexico department of agriculture to carry out the purposes of the Acequia and Community Ditch Fund Act;
B. to the department of finance and administration:
(1) for land grants:
(a) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to develop a grant process for grants for operations of land grants;
(b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide youth development program services to land grants-mercedes;
(c) one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($135,000) to fund youth recreational programs and community education services at the Anton Chico land grant-merced;
(d) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to develop a cultural and educational youth program on the land grant-merced heritage of the Cristobal de la Serna land grant-merced;
(e) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the town of Tajique land grant-merced to acquire property and other expenses related to the relocation of the transfer station; and
(f) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Tierra Amarilla land grant-merced to support community programs, operate a community center and maintain various properties for community use;
(2) eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for the north central New Mexico economic development district to hire staff and consultants to provide grant research, grant writing and technical assistance for communities within the district;
(3) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the northwest New Mexico council of governments for grant writing services for rural communities;
(4) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the southwest New Mexico council of governments for the senior compassion fund;
(5) ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) for the middle Rio Grande conservancy district to procure materials and construct and install traffic control devices along the bosque in Albuquerque to reduce pedestrian and off-road vehicle accidents;
(6) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the regional emergency dispatch authority for coordination and equipment in southeastern New Mexico;
(7) one hundred ten thousand dollars ($110,000) to contract for the provision of civil legal services for immigrant families;
(8) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to provide funding for the economic development department to administer the healthy food financing initiative as part of the statewide hunger initiative;
(9) for the New Mexico department of agriculture to double supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits for the purchase of New Mexico-grown fruits and vegetables at participating food outlets as part of the statewide hunger initiative:
(a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for Bernalillo county; and
(b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for Dona Ana county; and
(10) one million dollars ($1,000,000) to support the New Mexico rail runner in temporarily decreasing fares, expanding schedules and improving operations; and
C. to the local government division of the department of finance and administration:
(1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for food security efforts in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties;
(2) in Bernalillo county:
(a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Albuquerque arts and culture department to support the arts, community, culture, education, sports and science services for children and families;
(b) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Albuquerque arts and culture department for the historic route 66 anniversary history and celebration project;
(c) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the low-income food and enrichment program that prepares and delivers free or subsidized meals for low-income, medically challenged or homebound people living in Albuquerque and surrounding areas;
(d) one hundred forty thousand dollars ($140,000) to contract for mental health services in Albuquerque;
(e) eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for educational programs that use lessons of the holocaust and other genocides to build informed communities in Albuquerque;
(f) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to contract for services for mentoring African American students in Albuquerque;
(g) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for educational programs at the Albuquerque zoo;
(h) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's Fourth street revitalization project, which includes an outdoor classroom at the Larry P. Abraham agri-nature center;
(i) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to repair and install new Vietnam veteran recognition plaques; repair a rock wall; and plan, design and construct new memorials honoring veterans from all military conflicts at the Tijeras veterans memorial;
(j) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for restoration of the village of Tijeras historic church;
(k) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to plan, design, construct and equip improvements for a therapeutic program and green space at a center dedicated to children's grief;
(l) one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) for food bank services to address food insecurity in the east mountain area of Bernalillo county;
(m) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase and equip marked patrol vehicles for the Bernalillo county sheriff's office;
(n) eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to purchase equipment for the emergency response team of the Bernalillo county sheriff's office;
(o) one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000) for county family services facilities;
(p) two hundred forty thousand dollars ($240,000) for wrap-around job-life training programs, weekly seminars and life skills education for incarcerated persons and their families and for juvenile offenders in the county;
(q) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to plan, design, construct and equip building and site improvements, including aquatics, a horseshoe tournament area, a park and picnic space, a basketball court, parking lots, drainage, trails, walkways and landscaping, at the Los Padillas community center;
(r) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to provide services for the county's multipurpose visitors center along a historic highway route;
(s) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide community outreach for the county's multipurpose visitors center along a historic highway route; and
(t) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for county transitional living services for adolescents and young adults struggling with addictions;
(3) in Chaves county:
(a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and equip a police vehicle for Hagerman;
(b) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purc