HOUSE BILL 51

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Andy Nunez

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WATER MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION BY THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AND COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university in the following amounts to the following organizations for expenditure in fiscal year 2005 to conduct water management research and education programs:

                (1) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to the agricultural experiment station; and

                (2) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to the cooperative extension service.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2005 shall revert to the general fund.

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