0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 11
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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|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE WORK OF THE NEW MEXICO-TEXAS
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0012|     WATER COMMISSION IN BEHALF OF THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO LOWER RIO
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0013|     GRANDE WATER USERS.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, the legislature understands the vital importance
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0016|     of water to all its citizens; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, the legislature is aware that since 1980 water
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0018|     users in southern New Mexico have been engaged in straightening
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0019|     out differences about water access and use with the city of El
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0020|     Paso, Texas; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, more than a decade of litigation with the city of
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0022|     El Paso resulted in the formation of the New Mexico-Texas water
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0023|     commission; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, this commission is charged with the
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0025|     responsibility of continuing to study the availability of water
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0001|     and plan for its future use; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, the southern New Mexico participants in the
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0003|     continuing water study include Dona Ana county, the city of Las
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0004|     Cruces, the Elephant Butte irrigation district, New Mexico
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0005|     state university, the village of Hatch and the town of Mesilla,
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0006|     collectively referred to as the lower Rio Grande water users
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0007|     organization; and
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0008|          WHEREAS, the public entities in this organization have
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0009|     cooperated in resource studies and planning that transcend
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0010|     jurisdictional boundaries while respecting individual
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0011|     organizational responsibilities, roles and rights; and
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0012|          WHEREAS, those participating in this excellent example of
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0013|     interagency cooperation are in agreement that the work of the
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0014|     New Mexico-Texas water commission will benefit from funding of
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0015|     projects of common interest to the participants;
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0016|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0017|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislature recognize and commend
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0018|     the efforts of the New Mexico-Texas water commission in its
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0019|     efforts to assess water availability and plan future
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0020|     utilization of water resources in the region for the benefit of
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0021|     all the citizens represented in the lower Rio Grande water
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0022|     users organization; and
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0023|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0024|     sent to the governing body of each of the named agencies and
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0025|     organizations.
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