HOUSE BILL 142

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Brian K. Moore

AN ACT

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FUND AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY FOR CERTAIN OFF-CAMPUS FACILITIES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     Section 1. AGRICULTURAL BUILDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FUND--AGRICULTURAL FACILITIES.--The board of regents of New Mexico state university shall establish an "agricultural building repair and maintenance fund" to provide for repairs and maintenance at the agricultural experiment stations, agriculture science centers and other agriculture-related facilities of the university or the New Mexico department of agriculture that are located off-campus or outside the boundaries used for expenditures from other university building repair and maintenance funds. Money appropriated to the agricultural building repair and maintenance fund shall not be used for any other purpose.

     Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2005 and subsequent fiscal years for the agricultural building repair and maintenance fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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