HOUSE BILL 351

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

INTRODUCED BY

Joseph Cervantes

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UTTON TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOR THE OFFICE OF WATER RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 for the office of water rights ombudsman at the Utton transboundary resources center to provide public education statewide on water rights and to assist water rights claimants and the courts in adjudication of water rights. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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