SENATE BILL 54

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2018

INTRODUCED BY

Sander Rue

AN ACT

RELATING TO CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDING; REQUIRING PUBLICATION OF CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS AND VETOES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

     SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECT

FUNDING--PUBLICATION.--

          A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2-3-13 NMSA 1978 to the contrary, the legislative council service shall, within thirty days after the adjournment of a legislative session in which the legislature passes a capital outlay bill and after either the governor acts on the bill or the deadline for that action passes, publish on the New Mexico legislature website a searchable listing, as user-friendly as is practicable to design, of all the projects in the bill that specifies:

                (1) those authorized for funding and those receiving an appropriation and, for each:

                     (a) the name of each person, whether a legislator or the governor, whose request results in the authorization or appropriation; and

                     (b) the portion of funding for the project attributed to each of those people; and

                (2) those vetoed and, for each:

                     (a) the name of each person, whether a legislator or the governor, whose request would result in the project's authorization for funding or receipt of an appropriation if not vetoed; and

                     (b) the portion of funding for the project that, if not vetoed, would be attributed to each of those people.

          B. The legislative council service shall provide a paper copy of the web-based publication required by Subsection A of this section upon request.

     SECTION 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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