HOUSE BILL 77

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2021

INTRODUCED BY

Jack Chatfield

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY TO STUDY GROUND WATER RESOURCES IN COLFAX, HARDING, MORA AND UNION COUNTIES.

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 board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2022 and subsequent fiscal years for the cooperative extension service to study the quantity and quality of ground water resources in Colfax, Harding, Mora and Union counties, with a focus on Colfax and Harding counties, for the purpose of determining appropriate land use in rural agricultural areas of those counties. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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