The "save our children's sight fund" is created in the state treasury. Money in the fund shall consist of appropriations, contributions, grants and statutory revenues directed to the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department of health, which shall administer the fund for the purpose of development and implementation of a vision screening program making vision screenings and follow-up comprehensive examinations available to New Mexico children regardless of family income. Expenditures from the fund shall be by warrants of the secretary of finance and administration drawn pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of health or the secretary's authorized representative. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 353, § 1 and Laws 2007, ch. 357, § 1.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2007, ch. 353, § 1 and Laws 2007, ch. 357, § 1, effective January 1, 2008, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2007, ch. 357, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
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