SENATE BILL 223

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Lynda M. Lovejoy

FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND THE

RADIOACTIVE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF CONTAMINATION FROM PAST URANIUM MINING AND MILLING ACTIVITIES ON HUMAN HEALTH.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to conduct a comprehensive study of the adverse effects on human health resulting from contamination from past uranium mining and milling activities in New Mexico. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2011 shall revert to the general fund.

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