April 6, 2001

 

HOUSE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 91

 

 

The Honorable Ben Lujan and

Members of the House of Representatives

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

 

Honorable Speaker and Members of the House:

 

I have this day VETOED and am returning HOUSE BILL 215, as amended,

enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.

 

This bill would appropriate $4,729.3 for additional judgeships including staff, salaries, benefits, furniture, supplies, equipment and funding for the District Attorneys and the Public Defender.  I have signed into law Senate Bill 68, which makes an appropriation for salary increases including judges and judicial employees. 

 

Due to the heavy burden placed on the General Fund by Senate Bill 68, it would be inadvisable to sign this bill also.

 

Sincerely,         

 

 

          Gary E. Johnson         

Governor         

 

RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR:

 

Time: _____________________                By:_____________________________

                                                                     Secretary of State

Date ______________________             

 

Time:______________________

 

Date_______________________               By:_____________________________

                                                                     Chief Clerk of the House     

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