SENATE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 352   
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                        LEONARD LEE RAWSON             





REAUTHORIZATION; CHANGING THE PURPOSE AND EXTENDING THE
EXPENDITURE PERIOD OF A SEVERANCE TAX BOND APPROPRIATION TO
CONSTRUCT A MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING IN ELEPHANT BUTTE IN SIERRA
COUNTY.

     The proceeds of the severance tax bond appropriation made
pursuant to Subsection UUU of Section 9 of Chapter 148 of Laws
1994 for a municipal park in Las Cruces shall not be expended for
that original purpose but is reauthorized and appropriated to the
local government division of the department of finance and
administration for acquiring, constructing and equipping a
municipal office building, including land acquisition, in
Elephant Butte in Sierra county.  The period of time for
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expenditure of this appropriation shall be extended through
fiscal year 2000.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the
severance tax bonding fund.