0001|                            HOUSE BILL 573
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            G. X. MCSHERRY
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO WATER, AMENDING SECTION 73-2-66 NMSA 1978 (BEING
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0012|     LAWS 1993, CHAPTER 293, SECTION 2) TO EXPAND THE POWERS OF THE
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0013|     ACEQUIA COMMISSION; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 73-2-66 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0017|     Chapter 293, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0018|          "73-2-66.  POWERS AND DUTIES.--The acequia commission
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0019|     shall:
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0020|               A.  provide advice and assist the governor,
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0021|     legislature, office of the state engineer and interstate stream
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0022|     commission and the United States army corps of engineers in
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0023|     establishing acequia and community ditch rehabilitation
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0024|     priorities and <u>in</u> other acequia and community ditch matters;
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0025|               B.  serve as a facilitator for communication between
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0001|     acequia and community ditch associations and state and federal
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0002|     agencies; <s>[and]</s>
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0003|               C.  review and comment on any plan or legislation
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0004|     affecting acequias or community ditches to the governor, the
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0005|     legislature, the secretary of agriculture and the interstate
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0006|     stream commission;
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0007|               <u>D.  conduct educational forums for the public on
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<u></u>0008| <u>    the history and cultural importance of New Mexico's acequias;
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<u></u>0009| <u>    and
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<u></u>0010| <u>              E.  provide information to the acequia association
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<u></u>0011| <u>    on state and federal funds and programs beneficial to the
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<u></u>0012| <u>    acequias.</u>"
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0013|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars
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0014|     ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local
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0015|     government division of the department of finance and
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0016|     administration for expenditure in fiscal year 1998 by the
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0017|     acequia commission for the purpose of carrying out the
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0018|     commission's powers and duties.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0019|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert
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0020|     to the general fund.
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0022|                            State of New Mexico
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0023|                      House of Representatives
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0024|   
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0025|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004|                                                   March 1, 1997
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0007|   Mr. Speaker:
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0009|        Your AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE,
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0010|   to whom has been referred
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0011|   
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0012|                        HOUSE BILL 573
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0013|   
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0014|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0016|   
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0017|        1.   On page 2, line 9, strike "association" and insert
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0018|   "associations",
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0019|   
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0020|   and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0021|   COMMITTEE.
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0023|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0004| <u>                                </u>                             G. X. McSherry, Chairman
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0009|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0013|   The roll call vote was<u> 7 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0014|   Yes:      7
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0015|             Excused:  Johnson, Townsend
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0016|             Absent:   None
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