SENATE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 987

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

44TH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION - 1999

REQUESTED BY

FOR CHANGING THE PURPOSE AND EXTENDING THE EXPENDITURE PERIOD OF A SEVERANCE TAX BOND APPROPRIATION FOR DISTANCE LEARNING IMPROVEMENTS AND AN EDUCATION FACILITY FOR THE JICARILLA APACHE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN DULCE IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.

Effective July 1, 1999, the balance of the severance tax bond proceeds appropriated to the New Mexico office of Indian affairs pursuant to Subsection D of Section 16 of Chapter 148 of Laws 1994 to continue design and construction for the Jicarilla nursing home located in Rio Arriba county is appropriated to the New Mexico office of Indian affairs to purchase and install equipment and to activate satellite uplinks and downlinks for distance learning and to plan, design and engineer an education facility for the Jicarilla Apache department of education in Dulce in Rio Arriba county. The period of time in which this appropriation may be expended shall be extended through fiscal year 2003. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2003 shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund.

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