44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first special session, 1999

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY THE SETTLEMENT COSTS OF D.W. FALLS INVESTMENTS V. STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE COSTS RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE REMAINING PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Six million dollars ($6,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to pay the settlement costs of D.W. Falls Investments v. State of New Mexico and the costs related to the acquisition of the remaining private property taken by the state within the boundaries of the petroglyph national monument. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.