April 6, 2001

SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 95

The Honorable Richard Romero and

Members of the Senate

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

Honorable President and Members of the Senate:

I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE BILL 691, as amended, with emergency clause, enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.

This bill creates a joint interim legislative committee to study the feasibility of building a coal-fired or natural gas fired electrical generating facility in northeastern New Mexico. Such a change in the law is unnecessary; the Legislature already has the authority to create an interim committee--it need not enact a law to do so.

Sincerely,

Gary E. Johnson

Governor

RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR:

Time: _____________________ By:_____________________________

Secretary of State

Date ______________________

Time:______________________

Date_______________________ By:_____________________________

Chief Clerk of the Senate

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