For the purposes set out in Section 6-7-1 NMSA 1978, when and if the governor shall declare an emergency, as provided in Section 6-7-3 NMSA 1978, there is appropriated the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for each eligible and qualified applicant or so much thereof as the governor may from time to time designate from the surplus unappropriated money in the general fund, if any, at the time of the declaration of such emergency or emergencies.
History: 1953 Comp., § 11-7-2, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 185, § 2; 1977, ch. 383, § 1; 1989, ch. 181, § 1; 1978 Comp., § 6-7-2, recompiled as § 12-11-24 by Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4.
Recompilations. — Laws 2005, ch. 22, § 4 recompiled 6-7-2 NMSA 1978 as 12-11-24 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2005.
The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "Section 6-7-1 NMSA 1978" for "Section 11-7-1 NMSA 1953", "Section 6-7-3 NMSA 1978" for "Section 11-7-3 NMSA 1953", and "seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for each eligible and qualified applicant" for "five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000)".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 63C Am. Jur. 2d Public Funds § 62.
81A C.J.S. States § 205.
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