SENATE BILL 17

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

Stuart Ingle

ENDORSED BY THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO FINANCE; AUTHORIZING THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS OR GRANTS FROM THE WATER PROJECT FUND FOR CERTAIN WATER PROJECTS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

     SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF QUALIFYING WATER PROJECTS.--Pursuant to Section 72-4A-9 NMSA 1978, the legislature authorizes the New Mexico finance authority to make loans or grants from the water project fund to the following qualifying entities for the following qualifying water projects on terms and conditions established by the water trust board and the New Mexico finance authority:

          1. to the city of Albuquerque in Bernalillo county for three water conservation, treatment, recycling or reuse projects;

          2. to the Albuquerque-Bernalillo county water utility authority in Bernalillo county for two water conservation, treatment, recycling or reuse projects;

          3. to the city of Anthony in Dona Ana county for a flood prevention project;

          4. to the town of Bernalillo in Sandoval county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          5. to the Canada de los Alamos mutual domestic water consumers' and mutual sewage works association in Santa Fe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          6. to the eastern New Mexico water utility authority in Curry county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          7. to the Eldorado area water and sanitation district in Santa Fe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          8. to the EMWT regional water association in Torrance county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          9. to the energy, minerals and natural resources department for a watershed restoration and management project in Socorro county;

          10. to the greater Chimayo mutual domestic water consumers association in Santa Fe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          11. to the interstate stream commission for a federal Endangered Species Act implementation project in Bernalillo county;

          12. to La Jara mutual domestic water consumers and mutual sewage works association in Sandoval county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          13. to the Lincoln mutual domestic water consumers association and Lincoln sewage works in Lincoln county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          14. to Los Alamos county for a water conservation, treatment, recycling or reuse project;

          15. to Luna county for a flood prevention project;

          16. to the middle Rio Grande conservancy district in Bernalillo county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          17. to the village of Milan in Cibola county for a flood prevention project and a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          18. to the New Mexico new model community ditch association in Hidalgo county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          19. to the Quail Hollow mutual domestic water users association in Bernalillo county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          20. to the Ramah water and sanitation district in McKinley county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          21. to the town of Red River in Taos county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          22. to the Regina mutual domestic water consumers association, incorporated, in Sandoval county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          23. to the village of Ruidoso in Lincoln county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          24. to the San Francisco soil and water conservation district in Catron county for a watershed restoration and management project;

          25. to the San Juan soil and water conservation district in San Juan county for a watershed restoration and management project;

          26. to the Sangre de Cristo regional mutual domestic water consumers and mutual sewage works association in Guadalupe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          27. to the city of Santa Fe in Santa Fe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          28. to the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority in Sandoval county for a flood

prevention project;

          29. to the city of Sunland Park in Dona Ana county for a flood prevention project;

          30. to the Talpa mutual domestic water consumers association in Taos county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          31. to the village of Tijeras in Bernalillo county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project; and

          32. to the Williams Acres water and sanitation district in McKinley county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project.

     SECTION 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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