45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL AND ENGINEERING EXPENSES OF THE AMALIA AND COSTILLA AREA ACEQUIAS ARISING FROM DISPUTES OVER THE COSTILLA CREEK COMPACT.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 for administrative, legal and engineering services for the Amalia and Costilla area acequias to resolve disputes arising between the following state political subdivisions and the state of Colorado over the interstate Costilla Creek Compact:

the Association Ditch; Acequia Madre Ditch; Cerritos Number 1 and Number 2 Ditch; Acequia Plaza del Arriba; Gonzalez Ditch;

Acequia de la Plaza del Medio; Acequia de Juan Jose Santistevan; David Martinez Ditch; Acequia M.E. Trujillo/Arrellano Ditch; Acequia del Penasquito; J.M. Barela Ditch; Sanchez Ditch; Trujillo Ditch; A.J. Arrellano Number 1 Ditch; Gary Little Ditch; and Herrera Ditch.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2003 shall revert to the general fund.