HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 116

 

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

46TH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION - 2003

REQUESTED BY Donald L. Whitaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN LEA COUNTY.

 

 

I request that the following capital outlay projects be funded:

 

to the interstate stream commission

 

fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a deep aquifer study in Lea county;

 

          • to the state highway and transportation department

 

five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to improve and repair roads in Lea county; and

 

          • to the local government division of the department of finance and administration

 

seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for renovating the fairgrounds food court in Lea county;

 

fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for an outdoor museum, landscaping and replacement of the water system at the Towle rest area in Lea county;

 

five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for rural telecommunications infrastructure development and broadband services in Lea county; and

 

four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for equipment used in fighting grass fires in Lea county.