SENATE BILL 203

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

INTRODUCED BY

William P. Soules

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER RAILROAD IN NEW MEXICO.

 

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 department of transportation for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 to study the feasibility of constructing a high-speed passenger railroad in New Mexico. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.

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