HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 472 
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                        PAULINE K. GUBBELS             





FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AT MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AS WELL AS THE SPACE
CENTER; FOR PURCHASING A BOOKMOBILE FOR QUAY COUNTY.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be funded:

                    to the office of cultural affairs:
     
          A.  one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for installation of
permanent exhibits and an automated ticketing system at the New Mexico farm and ranch
heritage museum in Dona Ana county;

          B.  nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for the purpose of making
improvements to the Camino Lejo museum complex located in Santa Fe county;
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          C.  one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for renovation and
improvements at the New Mexico museum of natural history and science and the museum
annex located in Bernalillo county;

          D.  one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000) to renovate, repair
or make improvements to state museums and facilities located throughout the state;

          E.  one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($135,000) to purchase a
bookmobile to be based in Tucumcari located in Quay county; and

          F.  seven hundred forty thousand dollars ($740,000) to make repairs and
improvements to facilities at the international space hall of fame and space center in
Alamogordo located in Otero county.