HOUSE BILL 281

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Nathan P. Small

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE INTERSTATE STREAM COMMISSION FOR THE STRATEGIC WATER RESERVE.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the interstate stream commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2020 and subsequent fiscal years to administer the strategic water reserve pursuant to Section 72-14-3.3 NMSA 1978. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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