April 8, 1999

The Honorable Manny M. Aragon and

Members of the Senate

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

Honorable President and Members of the Senate:

I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 771, enacted by the Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Session, 1999.

This legislation would have enacted appropriations transferring the State Park and Recreation Division to the Tourism Department. This legislation is no longer valid as its companion legislation, Senate Bill 16 has been vetoed.

Sincerely,

Gary E. Johnson

Governor