HOUSE BILL 41

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Mimi Stewart

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR STATEWIDE AQUIFER MAPPING AND CHARACTERIZATION.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico institute of mining and technology for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 and subsequent fiscal years for the bureau of geology and mineral resources to conduct statewide aquifer mapping and characterization. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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