HOUSE BILL 46

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Jeannette O. Wallace

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STUDY OF THE NEED FOR A WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT IN RURAL SANDOVAL COUNTY.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to study the need for a regional water and sanitation district in rural Sandoval county. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. The study area shall encompass rural Sandoval county from San Ysidro to the community of La Cueva along New Mexico highway 4. The study shall identify the area's water associations and other parties that could participate in the regionalization of water and wastewater management and gather information about the parties, including organizational structure, water rights, number of members, rates, water and wastewater use levels and location of existing water storage and water resources. The study shall include recommendations regarding the creation of a regional, self-sustaining water and sanitation district.

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