HOUSE BILL 302

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Joseph Cervantes

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOR THE UTTON TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES CENTER TO PROVIDE OMBUDSMAN SERVICES IN WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATIONS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred eighty-two thousand dollars ($282,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 for the Utton transboundary resources center at the school of law to provide ombudsman services on the San Juan, the Chama and the lower Rio Grande water rights adjudications. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

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