HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 131

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE INTERSTATE STREAM COMMISSION TO ASSESS NEW MEXICO'S OPTIONS TO PUT TO BENEFICIAL USE SALT BASIN WATER.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the interstate stream commission for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to assess New Mexico's options to put salt basin water to beneficial use. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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