HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 227 
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                           JOE M. STELL           





FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN HOUSE DISTRICT 54 IN EDDY COUNTY.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be funded:

                    to the local government division of the department of finance and administration:

          A.  seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) to plan, design, construct and equip picnic
shelters at Heritage municipal park in Carlsbad in Eddy county;

          B.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for purchase of heavy-duty display tables for
the Carlsbad boys' and girls' club in Carlsbad in Eddy county;

          C.  seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) to plan, design, construct
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and equip new public health offices in Artesia in north Eddy county;

          D.  three hundred twenty-nine thousand dollars ($329,000) to plan, design,
construct, equip and landscape Guadalupe municipal park in Artesia in Eddy county;

          E.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to plan, design, construct and equip
an addition to the Artesia community center in Eddy county; and

          F.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the library automation project at the
Artesia public library in Eddy county;

                    to the state highway and transportation department:
          
          A.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to plan, design and construct a
floor control project on Center street in Artesia in Eddy county;
          
          B.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to complete necessary drainage 
improvements on south First street in Artesia in Eddy county; and




          C.  two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to plan, design and construct
necessary improvements to First street in Artesia in Eddy county;

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                    to the state department of public education:

          A.  three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to plan, design, construct and
equip an expansion to the Alta Vista school library in Eddy county;

           B.  four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to make improvements, including
equipment purchase, of the Carlsbad high school smart laboratory in Eddy county; and

          C.  seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for purchase and installation,
including necessary electrical system improvements, of educational technology in various Artesia
public schools in Eddy county;

                    to the board of regents of New Mexico state university:
     
                    one hundred sixty-four thousand dollars ($164,000) for needed equipment for
          the manufacturing section development program at the university's branch
          college in Carlsbad in Eddy county;

                    to the board of regents of eastern New Mexico university:
     
                    five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to plan, design, construct, remodel
          and equip, including classrooms and purchase of necessary vehicles, tools and
          equipment, a facility to house the university's truck driving school as a joint
          project with the city of Artesia in Eddy county; and

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                    to the state agency on aging:
     
                    three hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($335,000) to plan, design, construct
          and equip an expansion of the senior center in Artesia in Eddy county.