FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, 2021

December 10, 2021

Mr. Speaker:

    Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 2

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

     1. On page 1, line 20, before the period, insert "to replace lost revenue due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 public health emergency".

     2. On page 2, strike line 21 in its entirety and strike line 22 up to the semicolon.

     3. On page 3, lines 2 through 14, strike Subsections G through I in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following:

          "G. ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the department of finance and administration to provide housing assistance for homeless persons contingent on a one hundred percent local match of expenditures for the same purpose;

          H. fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to the department of finance and administration for disbursement to the New Mexico mortgage finance authority for expenditure for energy-efficient affordable housing pursuant to the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund Act; provided that the funding shall not be used to match federal funds but may be used to match private or local funds;

          I. fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) to the department of finance and administration to plan, design, construct, equip and furnish an acute care hospital in a county with a population of less than one hundred thousand, according to the most recent federal decennial census;".

     4. On page 3, line 16, strike "the local government division of".

     5. On page 4, line 22, strike "federal and".

     6. On page 5, line 24, strike "and", and between lines 24 and 25, insert the following new subsection:

          "B. two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the higher education department for the teacher preparation affordability scholarship fund; and".

     7. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.

     8. On page 6, lines 11 through 19, strike Subsections A and B in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following:

          "A. one hundred twenty-three million sixty-six thousand eight hundred twelve dollars ($123,066,812) to the department of information technology to plan, design, construct, renovate and equip broadband, including alternative and satellite broadband, statewide; and".

     9. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.