February 15, 2001
Mr. President:
Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
1. On page 2, line 17, before "acequia" insert "special district,".
2. On page 2, line 20, strike "authorized" and insert in lieu thereof "recommended" and strike "authority" and insert in lieu thereof "legislature".
3. On page 2, line 23, strike "eighteen ex-officio" and insert in lieu thereof "thirteen".
4. On page 2, line 23, strike "or" and insert in lieu thereof a colon and strike lines 24 and 25 in their entirety.
5. On page 3, strike lines 1 through 25 in their entirety.
6. On page 4, strike lines 1 through 5 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
"(1) the state engineer or his designee, who shall be the chairman of the board;
(2) the executive director of the New Mexico finance authority;
(3) the secretary of environment or his designee;
(4) the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources or his designee;
(5) the director of the department of game and fish or his designee;
(6) the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture or his designee;
(7) the executive director of the New Mexico municipal league or his designee;
(8) the executive director of the New Mexico association of counties or his designee;
(9) four public members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate and who represent:
(a) the environmental community;
(b) an irrigation or conservancy district that uses surface water;
(c) an irrigation or conservancy district that uses ground water; and
(d) acequia water users; and
(10) one public member appointed by the commission on Indian affairs."
7. On page 4, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following new subsections:
"C. Each public member of the board shall be appointed to a four-year term. To provide for staggered terms, two of the initially appointed public members shall be appointed for terms of two years and two members for terms of four years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed for four-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term.
D. Public members of the board shall be reimbursed for attending meetings of the board as provided for nonsalaried public officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
E. Public members of the board are appointed public officials of the state while carrying out their duties and activities under the Water Project Finance Act.".
8. On page 4, line 15, strike "made" and insert in lieu thereof "recommended by the board for appropriation by the legislature".
9. On page 4, line 16, after the comma insert "that have been identified for implementation of a completed regional water plan that is accepted by the interstate stream commission".
10. On page 4, line 16, after "and" insert "that have".
11. On page 4, line 18, after "authorize" insert "qualifying".
12. On page 4, strike lines 22 and 23 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
"(2) implementation of Endangered Species Act collaborative programs;".
13. On page 4, line 25, strike "and" and insert in lieu thereof "or".
14. On page 5, line 8, after "projects" insert "authorized by the legislature".
15. On page 5, line 10, after "to" insert "state agencies or to".
16. On page 5, line 19, strike "a" and the comma.
17. On page 5, line 20, strike the first comma and insert in lieu thereof "or provide a title insurance policy".
18. On page 6, line 2, strike "and".
19. On page 6, line 5, strike the period and insert in lieu thereof "; and".
20. On page 6, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following new paragraph:
"(6) agree to pay costs of originating grants and loans as determined by rules adopted by the board.".
21. On page 6, line 8, after "a" insert "state agency or".
22. On page 6, line 9, strike "and" and insert a period.
23. On page 6, line 9, before "shall" insert:
"C. Grants and loans".
24. On page 7, lines 12 and 16, strike "two and four-tenths" and insert in lieu thereof "four and seven-tenths".
25. On page 7, line 22, strike "money from".
26. On page 7, lines 23 and 24, strike "shall be deposited in the water project fund" and insert in lieu thereof "for approved water projects".
27. On page 8, line 10, after "fund" insert "and to recover from the fund costs of administering the fund and originating grants and loans".
28. On page 8, strike Subsection B in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
"B. Money in the water project fund may be used to make loans or grants to qualified entities for any project approved by the legislature.
C. The authority is authorized to issue revenue bonds payable from the proceeds of loan repayments made into the water project fund upon a determination by the authority that issuance of the bonds is necessary to replenish the principal balance of the fund. The net proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the water project fund. The bonds shall be authorized and issued by the authority in accordance with the provisions of the New Mexico Finance Authority Act.".
29. On page 8, line 22, after "2001" strike the remainder of the line and insert in lieu thereof "and".
30. On page 8, line 23, strike "subsequent fiscal years".
31. On page 9, line 4, after "2001" strike the remainder of the line and insert in lieu thereof "and".,
and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Respectfully submitted,
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Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman
Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
Date ________________________
The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
Yes: 5
No: 0
Excused: Duran, Griego, Jennings, M. Sanchez
Absent: None
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