Measure approved to pay for NM special session
Posted at: 10/21/2009 12:09 PM
| Updated at: 10/21/2009 12:31 PM
By: The Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a measure allocating $370,000 to pay for a special legislative session dealing with a state budget deficit.
The measure unanimously passed the Senate without debate and is headed to Gov. Bill Richardson to be signed into law. The House previously had approved the bill.
The money for the session comes out of cash balances maintained by the Legislature. Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, said the measure will cover costs of a session lasting up to a week. Lawmakers convened on Saturday.
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