HOUSE BILL 15

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

Patricia A. Lundstrom

FOR THE ECONOMIC AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND

THE JOBS COUNCIL

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT FOR THE STATE TOURISM REGION BOARDS TO ADMINISTER THE SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the tourism department for expenditure in fiscal year 2017 for administration and operation of the scenic byways program to be administered by the state tourism region boards. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2017 shall revert to the general fund.

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