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SPONSOR: |
Begaye |
DATE TYPED: |
02/25/03 |
HB |
982 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
San Juan River Basin Hydrographic Survey |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
Chabot |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$500.0 |
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Recurring |
General
Fund |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
LFC Files
Responses
Received From
Office
of the State Engineer (OSE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 982
appropriates $500.0 from the general fund to OSE for the purpose of conducting
a hydrographic survey related to adjudicating the San Juan River Basin.
Significant
Issues
Adjudication of the San Juan River Basin needs
to be accomplished but is currently not being worked due to lack of resources
within OSE. The agency states “this
appropriation will allow the Hydrographic Survey Bureau to begin work that
would otherwise be put off for several years…”
The basin is the key supplier of water to the San Juan-Chama project and
also has extensive Native American water right claims. The San Juan River is the water source for
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project.
Adjudication of the basin is imperative to ensure development and legal
use of water resources in Northwest New Mexico.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$500.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the general fund.
OSE assesses the
funding will be sufficient to acquire and process aerial photography, acquire
equipment to perform the hydrographic survey, acquire an office and begin the preliminary
work on the survey. Additional funding
will be required to complete adjudications.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
GAC/njw