HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 487   
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                         JERRY LEE ALWIN               





FOR A TOURISM CENTER TO ENCOURAGE TOURISTS TO VISIT THE TURQUOISE
TRAIL AND OLD ROUTE 66.

     I request that the following capital outlay project be
funded:

                    to the tourism department
          
                    twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to assist the
          East Mountain chamber of commerce in establishing and
          equipping an office to disseminate information about
          tourism attractions on the Turquoise Trail and old
          Route 66, including the communities of Cerrillos,
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          Madrid, Golden, Sandia Knolls, Sandia Park, Cedarcrest
          and Tijeras.