SENATE BILL 112

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Jane M. Garcia

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO SUPPORT THE TAYLOR BARELA REYNOLDS MESILLA STATE MONUMENT.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Two hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($215,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the cultural affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the following purposes at the Taylor Barela Reynolds Mesilla state monument:

                (1) fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) to create management and interpretive plans;

                (2) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to support a full-time employee to serve as the program manager;

                (3) sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to support a full-time employee to serve as the museum curator; and

                (4) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for operational support.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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