1HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 240 
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                         STEVEN E. PEARCE              





FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE COURT ROOMS AND COURTHOUSE SQUARE IN LEA COUNTY.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be funded:

                    to the local government division of the department of finance and administration:
          
          A.  six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000) to renovate the court rooms,
including security equipment, ceilings, floors, lighting and a complete interior renovation, in Lea
county; and

          B.  seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to renovate Lea county courthouse
square, bordered by Main, Central, Washington and Love streets.  This appropriation is
contingent upon a ten percent match of funds from the city of Lovington.
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