RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EAGLE NEST LAKE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Four million dollars ($4,000,000) is appropriated from the game protection fund to the department of game and fish for expenditure in fiscal years 2001 through 2009 to begin acquiring Eagle Nest lake. The department may propose land for trade as part of the purchase agreement. The department shall report to the legislature by December 1, 2000 on the progress toward finalization of the purchase. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the game protection fund.