FORTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2003





January 30, 2003





Mr. Speaker:



Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has



been referred



HOUSE BILL 8



has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:



1. On page 1, line 15, before "Fifteen" insert the subsection designation "A.".



2. On page 1, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following new subsections:



"B. Of the appropriation made in Subsection A of this section, no more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be expended in urban communities in the state. At least five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be expended in non-urban communities.



C. As used in this section:



(1) "non-urban community" means a municipality that is not an urban community or the unincorporated area of a county; and



(2) "urban community" means a municipality with a population of forty thousand or more according to the most recent federal decennial census.".,



and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.



Respectfully submitted,







Fred Luna, Chairman







Adopted Not Adopted

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)



Date



The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against

Yes: 11

Excused: Ruiz

Absent: Powdrell-Culbert, White





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