0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 9 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| G. X. McSHERRY | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| FOR THE WATER, UTILITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| DIRECTING THE INTERSTATE STREAM COMMISSION TO COMMENCE | 0012| NEGOTIATIONS TO ACQUIRE EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ACRE-FEET OF WATER | 0013| FOR THE GILA AND SAN FRANCISCO RIVER BASINS AND PROVIDE | 0014| RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE. | 0015| | 0016| WHEREAS, water is a vital resource of New Mexico; and | 0017| WHEREAS, Article 4 of the decree of the supreme court of | 0018| the United States in Arizona v. California, 376 U.S. 340, | 0019| allocated eighteen thousand acre-feet of additional water from | 0020| Gila river sources; and | 0021| WHEREAS, Public Law 90-537, Section 303(f)(1) provides | 0022| for contracting for the eighteen thousand acre-feet of water | 0023| authorized in the Arizona v. California decree; and | 0024| WHEREAS, regional and local water planning for the Gila | 0025| and San Francisco river basins have identified shortfalls of |