0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 74
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                        PATRICK H. LYONS
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0007|                                
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0008|     
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0010|     
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THAT THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DIRECT THE
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0013|     APPROPRIATE INTERIM COMMITTEE TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF STATE
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0014|     ACQUISITION OF EAGLE NEST LAKE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AND USE.
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0015|     
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0016|       WHEREAS, Eagle Nest lake was constructed in 1918 in the
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0017|     scenic Moreno valley of northern New Mexico by the owner, the CS
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0018|     cattle company; and
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0019|       WHEREAS, Eagle Nest lake has been leased by the state game
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0020|     commission for public recreational use at various times in the
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0021|     past and is presently leased by the commission for this purpose,
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0022|     the lease to expire in the year 2000; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, Eagle Nest lake is one of the most productive
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0024|     trout fisheries in the United States and is the most productive
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0025|     large cold-water lake fishery in the state; and
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0001|       WHEREAS, Eagle Nest lake is fished on over eighty-one
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0002|     thousand fisherman days annually by individuals who spend
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0003|     significantly in the community in pursuit of their sport; and
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0004|       WHEREAS, public use of Eagle Nest lake provides tremendous
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0005|     economic and recreational benefits to the villages of Eagle Nest
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0006|     and Angel Fire, the city of Taos, Colfax and Taos counties and
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0007|     the state; and
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0008|       WHEREAS, the owners of Eagle Nest lake have expressed a
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0009|     willingness to discuss options for state acquisition of the lake
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0010|     and surrounding property so that it will remain in public use
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0011|     and in a pristine condition in perpetuity;
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0012|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0013|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council be
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0014|     requested to direct the appropriate interim committee to meet
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0015|     with the owners and assess the feasibility of acquiring Eagle
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0016|     Nest lake and the surrounding property for public use, including
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0017|     identification of possible properties available for exchange;
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0018|     and
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0019|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the appropriate interim
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0020|     committee report its findings and make recommendations to the
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0021|     New Mexico legislative council by December 1, 1996; and
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0022|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0023|     transmitted to the New Mexico legislative council. 
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0024|                                    
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0001|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0002|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0005|                                              February 6, 1996
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0006|   
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0007|   Mr. President:
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0008|   
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0009|     Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0010|   
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0011|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 74
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0012|   
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0013|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0014|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0015|   
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0016|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0017|   
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0020|                              __________________________________
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0021|                              Gloria Howes, Chairman 
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0024|   
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0025|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0001|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0005|                     Date ________________________
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0008|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0009|   Yes:  6
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0010|   No:        0
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0011|   Excused:   EJennings, Aragon, Rutherford
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0012|   Absent:    0
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0015|   SJ074RU1
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