0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 37 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| LEONARD LEE RAWSON | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE STATE BOARD OF FINANCE TO LOAN THE CITY OF | 0012| ELEPHANT BUTTE MONEY TO MEET START-UP COSTS. | 0013| | 0014| WHEREAS, the citizens of Elephant Butte recently voted to | 0015| incorporate as the one hundred first municipality in New | 0016| Mexico; and | 0017| WHEREAS, there is no money in the city treasury to | 0018| operate in the first year; | 0019| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0020| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state board of finance be | 0021| requested to loan two hundred fifty thousand dollars | 0022| ($250,000) to the city of Elephant Butte for its first year of | 0023| operations as the one hundred first municipality; and | 0024| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0025| transmitted to the state board of finance and to the city of |