0001| HOUSE BILL 573
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| G. X. MCSHERRY
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO WATER, AMENDING SECTION 73-2-66 NMSA 1978 (BEING
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0012| LAWS 1993, CHAPTER 293, SECTION 2) TO EXPAND THE POWERS OF THE
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0013| ACEQUIA COMMISSION; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 73-2-66 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0017| Chapter 293, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0018| "73-2-66. POWERS AND DUTIES.--The acequia commission
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0019| shall:
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0020| A. provide advice and assist the governor,
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0021| legislature, office of the state engineer and interstate stream
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0022| commission and the United States army corps of engineers in
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0023| establishing acequia and community ditch rehabilitation
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0024| priorities and in other acequia and community ditch matters;
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0025| B. serve as a facilitator for communication between
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0001| acequia and community ditch associations and state and federal
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0002| agencies; [and]
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0003| C. review and comment on any plan or legislation
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0004| affecting acequias or community ditches to the governor, the
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0005| legislature, the secretary of agriculture and the interstate
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0006| stream commission;
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0007| D. conduct educational forums for the public on
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0008| the history and cultural importance of New Mexico's acequias;
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0009| and
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0010| E. provide information to the acequia association
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0011| on state and federal funds and programs beneficial to the
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0012| acequias."
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0013| Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars
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0014| ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local
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0015| government division of the department of finance and
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0016| administration for expenditure in fiscal year 1998 by the
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0017| acequia commission for the purpose of carrying out the
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0018| commission's powers and duties. Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0019| balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert
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0020| to the general fund.
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0022| State of New Mexico
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0023| House of Representatives
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0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004| March 1, 1997
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0007| Mr. Speaker:
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0009| Your AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE,
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0010| to whom has been referred
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0012| HOUSE BILL 573
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0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0017| 1. On page 2, line 9, strike "association" and insert
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0018| "associations",
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0020| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0021| COMMITTEE.
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0023| Respectfully submitted,
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0004| G. X. McSherry, Chairman
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0007| Adopted Not Adopted
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0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0011| Date
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0013| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0014| Yes: 7
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0015| Excused: Johnson, Townsend
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0016| Absent: None
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