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SENATE BILL 457
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Shannon D. Pinto
AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUND TO
PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME PERSONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Twenty million dollars
($20,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
civil legal services fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2026
and subsequent fiscal years to provide civil legal services to
low-income persons. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the
general fund.
.230165.1