0001| SENATE BILL 230 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| FERNANDO R. MACIAS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FUND SALINITY FLOW STUDIES TO BE | 0012| CONDUCTED BY THE LOWER RIO GRANDE WATER USERS ORGANIZATION TO | 0013| IDENTIFY SOURCES BETWEEN CABALLO DAM AND SOUTHERN DONA ANA | 0014| COUNTY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred fifty thousand | 0018| dollars ($150,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0019| local government division of the department of finance and | 0020| administration for expenditure in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 | 0021| for the purpose of funding studies to be conducted by the lower | 0022| Rio Grande water users organization, an organization comprised | 0023| of government entities, to identify sources of salinity between | 0024| Caballo dam and southern Dona Ana county. Any unexpended or | 0025| unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 | 0001| shall revert to the general fund. | 0002| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0003| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0004|  | 0005| | 0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| February 4, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| Mr. President: | 0013| | 0014| Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0015| | 0016| SENATE BILL 230 | 0017| | 0018| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0019| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0020| FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0021| | 0022| Respectfully submitted, | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| __________________________________ | 0003| Michael S. Sanchez, Chairman | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0008| Adopted_______________________ | 0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Date ________________________ | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0016| Yes: 7 | 0017| No: None | 0018| Excused: Eisenstadt, Lyons, Tsosie | 0019| Absent: None | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| S0230CO1 | 0023| |