0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY FOR
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0003| DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN FOR A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.
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0005| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0006|      Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--
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0007|           A.  Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the
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0008| general fund to the New Mexico finance authority for expenditure in
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0009| fiscal year 1997 for the purpose of developing or contracting for the
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0010| development of a plan for a geographic information system to serve all
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0011| New Mexico.  In developing the plan, the authority shall at a minimum:
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0012|                (1)  review the status of current base maps and
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0013| geographic information data accessible in counties throughout New Mexico
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0014| and identify the desirable features of a fully developed geographic
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0015| information system for all New Mexico counties;
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0016|                (2)  identify counties where the need for a geographic
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0017| information system is greatest;
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0018|                (3)  identify interested private and public parties and
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0019| information resources and work with those private and public parties and
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0020| information resources to develop the plan for a full and complete
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0021| statewide geographic information system;
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0022|                (4)  determine implementation costs and possible
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0023| funding sources;
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0024|                (5)  review other geographic information systems around
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0025| the state, including those maintained by the state land office, federal
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0001| laboratories and title companies; and
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0002|                (6)  complete the plan and submit it to the New Mexico
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0003| finance authority oversight committee by November 1, 1996.
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0004|           B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the
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0005| end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund.                
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