SENATE BILL 2

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Carlos R. Cisneros

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

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

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico institute of mining and technology for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 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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