HOUSE BILL 206
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Susan K. Herrera and Patricia A. Lundstrom and Raymundo Lara and Kristina Ortez and Martin R. Zamora
ENDORSED BY THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
AN ACT
RELATING TO FINANCE; AUTHORIZING THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS OR GRANTS FROM THE WATER PROJECT FUND FOR CERTAIN WATER PROJECTS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF QUALIFYING WATER PROJECTS.--Pursuant to Section 72-4A-9 NMSA 1978, the legislature authorizes the New Mexico finance authority to make loans or grants from the water project fund to the following qualifying entities for the following qualifying water projects on terms and conditions established by the water trust board and the New Mexico finance authority:
1. to the Pueblo of Acoma in Cibola county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
2. to the city of Alamogordo in Otero county for a water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water project and for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
3. to the city of Albuquerque in Bernalillo county for a flood prevention project and for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
4. to the Albuquerque-Bernalillo county water utility authority in Bernalillo county for a water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water project;
5. to the city of Aztec in San Juan county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
6. to the town of Bernalillo in Sandoval county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
7. to the Blanco mutual domestic water consumers and mutual sewage works association in San Juan county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
8. to the city of Bloomfield in San Juan county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
9. to the Bosque Gardens mutual domestic water consumers association in Valencia county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
10. to the Cedar Creek mutual domestic water consumers association in Lincoln county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
11. to Cibola county for a flood prevention project;
12. to the village of Cloudcroft in Otero county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
13. to the Colfax soil and water conservation district in Colfax county for a watershed restoration and management project;
14. to the village of Columbus in Luna county for a flood prevention project and for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
15. to the city of Deming in Luna county for a water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water project, a flood prevention project and two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
16. to the village of Des Moines water system in Union county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
17. to Dona Ana county for a flood prevention project;
18. to the Dona Ana mutual domestic water consumers association in Dona Ana county for two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
19. to the eastern New Mexico water utility authority in Curry county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
20. to the EMWT regional water association in Torrance county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
21. to the city of Espanola in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties for three storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
22. to the town of Estancia in Torrance county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
23. to the city of Farmington in San Juan county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
24. to the Flora Vista mutual domestic water association in San Juan county for three storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
25. to the city of Gallup in McKinley county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
26. to the Pueblo of Isleta in Bernalillo county for a water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water project;
27. to the city of Las Cruces in Dona Ana county for three storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
28. to the village of Logan in Quay county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
29. to Los Alamos county for two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
30. to the village of Los Ranchos in Bernalillo county for a water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water project;
31. to the Lumberton mutual domestic water consumers association in Rio Arriba county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
32. to Luna county for a flood prevention project;
33. to the Lybrook mutual domestic water consumers association in Rio Arriba county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
34. to McKinley county for a flood prevention project;
35. to the Mescalero Apache Tribe in Otero county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
36. to the middle Rio Grande conservancy district in Bernalillo county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
37. to the Nogal mutual domestic water consumers association in Lincoln county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
38. to the Pena Blanca water and sanitation district in Sandoval county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
39. to the Penasco mutual domestic water consumers and mutual sewage works association in Taos county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
40. to the Pendaries Village mutual domestic water consumers association in San Miguel county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
41. to the city of Portales in Roosevelt county for two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
42. to the Quemado Lake water association in Catron county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
43. to the Regina mutual domestic water consumers association in Sandoval county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
44. to the Rio Chiquito mutual domestic water consumers and mutual sewage works association in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
45. to the Rio Embudo mutual domestic water consumers association in Rio Arriba county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
46. to the Rio Lucio mutual domestic water consumers association in Taos county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
47. to the Rosedale mutual domestic water consumers association in Grant county for a water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water project;
48. to the village of Ruidoso in Lincoln county for a flood prevention project and three storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
49. to the city of Ruidoso Downs in Lincoln county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
50. to the San Juan soil and water conservation district in San Juan county for a watershed restoration and management project;
51. to the San Luis Cabezon mutual domestic water consumers association in Sandoval county for two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
52. to the city of Santa Fe in Santa Fe county for two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
53. to the Sile mutual domestic water consumers association in Sandoval county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
54. to the Sky Country Estates mutual domestic water consumers association in Otero county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
55. to the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority in Sandoval county for a flood prevention project;
56. to the Storrie Project water users association in San Miguel county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
57. to the city of Sunland Park in Dona Ana county for two flood prevention projects;
58. to the city of Texico in Curry county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
59. to the city of Truth or Consequences in Sierra county for a flood prevention project;
60. to the upper Rio Grande watershed district in Rio Arriba county for a flood prevention project;
61. to the Ute Creek soil and water conservation district in Harding county for a watershed restoration and management project; and
62. to el Valle de Los Ranchos water and sanitation district in Taos county for two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects.
SECTION 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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