FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2017

February 27, 2017

Mr. Speaker:

    Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 24

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

    1. On page 3, line 2, strike the closing quotation mark.

    2. On page 3, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following new subsection to read:

          "C. For any expenditure made from the state trust lands restoration and remediation fund, the commissioner shall attempt to recover the costs of remediation projects from any person who may otherwise bear liability for that remediation project under the Voluntary Remediation Act, the New Mexico Mining Act, the Surface Mining Act, the Oil and Gas Act, the Water Quality Act, the Solid Waste Act or the Hazardous Waste Act."