HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 286   
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                        M. MICHAEL OLGUIN              





FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 49.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be
funded:

                    to the state agency on aging:
     
                    ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to pave the parking lot
          at the senior citizen center in Socorro in Socorro
          county;

                    to the local government division of the department of
          finance and administration:
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          A.  forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) to equip the
medical health clinic in Magdalena in Socorro county;

          B.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to renovate
the dorm complex in Magdalena in Socorro county;

          C.  twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to construct
a dog impoundment facility in Magdalena in Socorro county;

          D.  twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to develop
Magdalena park at Eighth and Main streets in Magdalena in Socorro
county;

          E.  twelve thousand eight hundred twenty dollars
($12,820) for communications equipment for the Reserve volunteer
fire department in Catron county;

          F.  twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to construct
and maintain an additional FM translator station to allow the
KANW-FM radio station to serve Socorro in Socorro county;
 
          G.  three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to
renovate the Socorro county courthouse and jail, the health
center and the Ernest Peralta building in Socorro in Socorro
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county; 


          H.  two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to
restore and rebuild the Escondida Lake recreational area in
Socorro county;

          I.  twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to construct
an animal shelter in Socorro county;

          J.  two hundred forty-four thousand six hundred dollars
($244,600) to renovate the Socorro public library to meet
requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and
to complete the second and third floors, exterior drainage, ramps
and walks in Socorro county;

          K.  three hundred two thousand four hundred dollars
($302,400) to expand the Sierra county courthouse;

                    to the office of the state engineer:

                    two hundred seventy-three thousand three hundred
          eighteen dollars ($273,318) to make improvements to the
          La Joya acequia in Socorro county;

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                    to the department of environment:
     
          A.  three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for water
system improvements in Reserve in Catron county;

          B.  four hundred five thousand dollars ($405,000) for
wastewater treatment plant renovations or replacement in Reserve
in Catron county; and

          C.  one hundred forty thousand dollars ($140,000) for
equipment for the water and sewer departments in Reserve in
Catron county;





                    to the state department of public education:
     
          A.  three million four hundred thousand dollars
($3,400,000) to design, construct, furnish and equip a new
elementary school for the Socorro consolidated schools in Socorro
county;

          B.  one hundred eighty-two thousand two hundred dollars
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($182,200) to purchase and install educational technology at the
Quemado independent school district 2 in Catron county;

                    to the board of regents of the New Mexico institute of
          mining and technology:
     
                    eight million four hundred thousand dollars
          ($8,400,000) to renovate, remodel and construct and
          addition to Jones, Weir and Cramer halls at the New
          Mexico institute of mining and technology in Socorro in
          Socorro county;

                    to the state highway and transportation department:
     
          A.  sixty-seven thousand dollars ($67,000) for street
repairs in Reserve in Catron county;

          B.  two hundred eighty-nine thousand dollars ($289,000)
to improve drainage along California street in Socorro in Socorro
county;

          C.  one hundred eighty-seven thousand dollars
($187,000) for citywide paving and utility improvements in
Socorro in Socorro county;

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          D.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to plan and
engineer the construction needed for improvements to highway 142
in Sierra county;

          E.  one million five hundred twelve thousand dollars
($1,512,000) for improvements to the Elephant Butte Lake park
access road in Sierra county; and

          F.  six hundred ninety-four thousand dollars ($694,000)
for street and drainage improvements to Riverside drive between
Cherry lane and Third street in Truth or Consequences in Sierra
county;



                    to the New Mexico office of Indian affairs:
     
                    three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to plan,
          design, construct, furnish or equip a head start
          facility for the Alamo chapter of the Navajo nation in
          Socorro county.