HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 611

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

44TH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION - 2000

REQUESTED BY

FOR REAUTHORIZING NEW MEXICO IRRIGATION WORKS CONSTRUCTION FUND

APPROPRIATIONS TO EXTEND THEIR EXPENDITURE PERIOD FOR WATER RIGHTS

AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES IN THE PECOS RIVER BASIN.

The period of time in which the New Mexico irrigation works construction fund appropriations made

pursuant to Laws 1998, Chapter 81, Section 2 for retiring water rights along the Pecos river basin and

Section 4 for preparing a long-term strategy for the state's compliance with the Pecos River Compact and

other matters may be expended shall be extended through fiscal year 2002. Any unexpended or

unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall not revert.

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