SENATE BILL 53

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

Pat Woods

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION'S STATEWIDE SCIENCE CENTERS.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 for the operation and maintenance of the New Mexico state university agricultural experiment station's statewide science centers, to be apportioned among the twelve statewide science centers. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.

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