45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2002

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SALT CEDAR AND PHREATOPHYTE MANAGEMENT TO ENHANCE WATER SUPPLIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2003 to support soil and water conservation districts' efforts to manage salt cedar and other phreatophytes to restore native vegetation and enhance water supplies. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2003 shall revert to the general fund.

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