0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 76
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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|                          DEBBIE A. RODELLA
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE APPROPRIATE
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0012|     INTERIM COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE NEED FOR GRANTS FOR UPGRADING
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0013|     FACILITIES OF LOCAL DOMESTIC WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS.
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0015|          WHEREAS, the ability to provide quality drinking water
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0016|     requires substantial investment in infrastructure and
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0017|     management; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, water systems in rural communities, such as
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0019|     those in Rio Arriba, Sandoval and Taos counties, often
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0020|     struggle to provide adequate water utility service due to
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0021|     dispersed service populations, growing demand and aging
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0022|     infrastructure; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, the limited revenue available to mutual domestic
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0024|     water users associations in these rural communities limits
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0025|     their ability to repay loans for water system improvements;
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0001|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0002|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative council be requested
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0003|     to direct the appropriate interim committee to study the
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0004|     feasibility of providing direct grants for upgrading water
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0005|     system facilities of local domestic water users associations,
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0006|     including an assessment of the needs of these associations and
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0007|     a possible funding mechanism and to make recommendations for
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0008|     legislation by November 1, 1998; and 
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0009|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0010|     transmitted to the members of the legislative council.
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