0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 70
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| JAMES G. TAYLOR
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING CONTINUED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ALBUQUERQUE
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0012| METROPOLITAN ARROYO FLOOD CONTROL AUTHORITY, THE MIDDLE RIO
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0013| GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT AND OTHER ENTITIES IN PROVIDING
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0014| EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE FLOOD PROTECTION TO THE RESIDENTS
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0015| OF THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE AREA.
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0017| WHEREAS, the New Mexico legislature recognizes that the
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0018| Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood control authority, the
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0019| middle Rio Grande conservancy district and other entities have
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0020| a responsibility to provide flood protection to the residents
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0021| of Albuquerque; and
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0022| WHEREAS, the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood
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0023| control authority and other entities have constructed, own and
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0024| operate flood control facilities throughout the greater
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0025| Albuquerque area, including the Rio Grande valley; and
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0001| WHEREAS, the middle Rio Grande conservancy district has
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0002| constructed, owns and operates irrigation, drainage and flood
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0003| control facilities in the Rio Grande valley; and
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0004| WHEREAS, the facilities owned and operated by these
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0005| entities were purchased and are maintained with public funds;
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0006| and
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0007| WHEREAS, these entities have a history of cooperation in
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0008| providing flood control for the collective benefit of each
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0009| entity and the general public;
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0010| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0011| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo
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0012| flood control authority, the middle Rio Grande conservancy
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0013| district, and other entities in the area be urged to continue
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0014| their cooperation and to strive for the joint use of publicly
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0015| financed facilities for the common goal of controlling flood
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0016| and storm waters, without undue financial burden upon other
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0017| public agencies; and
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0018| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0019| transmitted to the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood
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0020| control authority and to the middle Rio Grande conservancy
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0021| district.
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