AN ACT

RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; MAKING GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 

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

Section 1.  GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2003--LIMITATIONS--REVERSIONS.--

A.  The general fund appropriations in this act are from fiscal year 2003 and may be expended through fiscal year 2008 except as otherwise provided in this section.

B.  Unless otherwise provided, the unexpended balance of an appropriation made in this act from the general fund, including changes to prior appropriations, shall revert to the originating fund as follows:

(1)  for projects for which appropriations were made to match federal grants, six months after completion of the project;

(2)  for projects for which appropriations were made to purchase vehicles, heavy equipment, educational technology or equipment or furniture that is not related to a more inclusive construction or renovation project, at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the appropriation was made for the purchase;


(3)  for projects for which appropriations were made to purchase emergency vehicles or other vehicles that require special equipment, at the end of the fiscal year two years following the fiscal year in which the severance tax bonds were issued for the purchase; and

(4)  for all other projects for which appropriations were made, within six months of completion of the project, but no later than the end of fiscal year 2008.

C.  Except for appropriations to the capital program fund, money from appropriations made in this act shall not be used to pay indirect project costs.

D.  For the purpose of this section, "unexpended balance" means the remainder of an appropriation after reserving for unpaid costs and expenses covered by binding written obligations to third parties.

Section 2.  AGING PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the state agency on aging for the following purposes:

1.  forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to plan, design and construct a senior center at Standing Rock chapter of the Navajo Nation in McKinley county;

2.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to construct a fitness room at the Alamogordo senior center in Alamogordo in Otero county; and

3.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to purchase equipment for the McIntosh senior center in Torrance county.


Section 3.  BORDER AUTHORITY--GENERAL FUND.--Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the border authority to construct and furnish a facility to house the border authority in Santa Teresa in Dona Ana county.

Section 4.  COURT PROJECTS.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the following judicial agencies for the following purposes:

1.  to the administrative office of the courts, one hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($125,000) for drug court technology statewide;

2.  to the fourth judicial district court, sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to upgrade and equip court offices in Las Vegas in San Miguel county; and

3.  to the thirteenth judicial district court, nine thousand eight hundred dollars ($9,800) to purchase technology equipment for the court in Sandoval county.

Section 5.  CULTURAL AFFAIRS PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the office of cultural affairs for the following purposes:

1.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to plan, design and construct the education building at the national Hispanic cultural center in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

2.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to plan, design and construct the education building at the national Hispanic cultural center in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;


3.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to plan, design and construct the education building at the national Hispanic cultural center in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

4.  sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for grading, soil stabilization, sidewalks, parking lots and other infrastructure design and installation at the national atomic museum in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

5.  one hundred seventy‑five thousand dollars ($175,000) to plan, design and construct the education building at the national Hispanic cultural center in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

6.  fifteen thousand five hundred dollars ($15,500) to purchase art by Peter Hurd for the permanent collection for the New Mexico farm and ranch heritage museum in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;

7.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for engineering of drainage problems and the bridge site and to relocate the Rio Hondo bridge, including preservation and repair, for the New Mexico farm and ranch heritage museum in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county; and

8.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to purchase art by Peter Hurd for the New Mexico farm and ranch heritage museum in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county.


Section 6.  STATE ENGINEER PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--The following amounts are appropriated to the office of the state engineer for the following purposes:

1.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to reconstruct the power dam in Santa Rosa in Guadalupe county; and

2.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to conduct a water survey of the east mountain area of Sandoval, Santa Fe and Bernalillo counties.

Section 7.  ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the department of environment for the following purposes:

1.  seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) for a sewer line for the south valley little league in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

2.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to plan, design and construct phase 3 water system improvements in Tijeras in Bernalillo county;

3.  sixty-two thousand dollars ($62,000) to plan, design and construct a water and wastewater system in San Mateo in Cibola county;

4.  forty‑five thousand dollars ($45,000) for repairs to the water treatment plant in Cimarron in Colfax county;

5.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to replace water lines and the loop-feed system in Grady in Curry county;


6.  one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to design and construct a surface water treatment plant for the Dona Ana mutual domestic water consumers association in Dona Ana county;

7.  twenty‑one thousand dollars ($21,000) to improve the Callejon Guerra sewer collection system in Mesilla in Dona Ana county;

8.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to replace water lines and make water system improvements in Lovington in Lea county;

9.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to construct a water line in Bloomfield in San Juan county;

10.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to construct a water line for the Flora Vista water users association in Flora Vista in San Juan county;

11.  seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) to drill test holes to locate an aquifer for municipal water development in Truth or Consequences in Sierra county; and

12.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for water and wastewater projects in Red River in Taos county.

Section 8.  STATE FAIR PROJECT--GENERAL FUND.--Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state fair commission for improvements to the New Mexico state fair in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county.


Section 9.  HEALTH PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health to purchase medical and operational equipment for the Roosevelt county special hospital district in Roosevelt county.

Section 10.  HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the state highway and transportation department for the following purposes:

1.  two hundred seventy‑five thousand dollars ($275,000) for improvements to Loma Larga road in Corrales in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties;

2.  seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for improvements to Loma Larga road in Corrales in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties;

3.  one hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($115,000) to pave streets in north Albuquerque acres in Bernalillo county;

4.  one hundred ten thousand five hundred dollars ($110,500) to improve and construct Payan road in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;

5.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to pave the access to the health clinic in Lordsburg in Hidalgo county;

6.  one hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($125,000) for phase 1 extension of Cedar street in Deming in Luna county;


7.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to improve the Rehoboth extension from the Gallup city limits east to Sundance road in McKinley county;

8.  forty‑five thousand dollars ($45,000) to surface and make improvements to Cousins road in McKinley county;

9.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to surface and make improvements to Williams Acres road in McKinley county; and

10.  thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to purchase a sand spreader and support rack for Rio Rancho in Sandoval county.

Section 11.  INDIAN PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--The following amounts are appropriated to the New Mexico office of Indian affairs:

1.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to plan and design an outdoor youth recreation center for the Ramah chapter of the Navajo Nation in Cibola county;

2.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to plan, design and construct an outdoor running track and install a fence around the Shiwi Tsana playground park development in the Pueblo of Zuni in McKinley county;

3.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to plan, design and construct the renovation of the youth center at the Pueblo of Zuni in McKinley county;


4.  three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to expand, improve and construct road yards and highway maintenance facilities for the chapters of the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico;

5.  three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to purchase road equipment and expand, improve and construct road yards and highway maintenance facilities for the chapters of the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico;

6.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for improvements and construction at the fire department in Mescalero in Otero county; and

7.  thirty‑five thousand dollars ($35,000) for the construction of the final phase of the arts, crafts, visitor and administration center for the eight northern Indian pueblos council in the Pueblo of San Juan in Rio Arriba county.

Section 12.  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for the following purposes:

1.  two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to renovate the Hiland theater in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;


2.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to construct a bike path on the west side of Tramway from the Copper street pedestrian bridge to the Lomas-Tramway library and to purchase an artistic statue for the children's playground at the recreation facility in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

3.  ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) to acquire land in the Paradise Hills neighborhood of Bernalillo county to expand soccer and little league facilities, including parking;

4.  thirty‑five thousand dollars ($35,000) for field improvements, including batting cages, dugouts, gates, safety netting and score boxes, for Paradise Hills little league in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

5.  fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000) for site improvements, including erosion control, bleachers, picnic tables, shade structures and walkways for the Paradise Hills little league in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

6.  sixty-two thousand dollars ($62,000) to construct the community center at Taylor Ranch in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

7.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to acquire land for and design and construct improvements to north Domingo Baca park and community center in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;


8.  thirty‑five thousand dollars ($35,000) for equipment, furnishings and other improvements to the Cherry Hills library in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

9.  twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to improve the Los Padillas community center in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

10.  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for exhibits, furniture, fixtures and equipment for the Explora science center and children's museum in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

11.  thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to plan, design and construct a bicycle trail and pedestrian and landscaping improvements on the southeast corner of Montgomery and Tramway boulevards in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

12.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to plan, design and construct improvements to open space trails and parking lots in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

13.  thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to plan, design and construct improvements at the Casa Grande linear park in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

14.  seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) for equipment and improvements for the Roadrunner little league in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;


15.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase property and a building or plan, design and construct a building for the business incubator program in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

16.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for information technology at the main library in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

17.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to design, develop, fabricate, construct, purchase and install exhibits, furniture, fixtures and equipment at the Explora science center and children's museum in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

18.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for reforestation and landscaping in the University Heights neighborhood in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

19.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for exhibits, furniture, fixtures and equipment at the Explora science center and children's museum in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

20.  two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for phase 5 improvements at the balloon fiesta park in Bernalillo county;

21.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to construct, improve, equip and furnish phases 2 and 3 at the southeast New Mexico historical center's archives building in Roswell in Chaves county;


22.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for phase 2 construction, including engineering and architectural costs, of the central fire station in Dexter in Chaves county;

23.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to continue phase 3 construction, including lighting, landscaping and fields, for the Hagerman sports complex and little league fields in Chaves county;

24.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a multipurpose room at the head start center in Grants in Cibola county;

25.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to purchase a vehicle for Grants in Cibola county;

26.  sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to purchase street equipment for Grants in Cibola county;

27.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase a weed cutter for the Cibola county road department;

28.  three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) to purchase a broom for the Cibola county road department;

29.  thirteen thousand five hundred dollars ($13,500) to purchase a vehicle for the animal control office in Milan in Cibola county;

30.  seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) to design and construct a memorial wall at Veterans' park in Las Cruces honoring Dona Ana county veterans who served during World War II and the Korean war;


31.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to purchase and install global positioning system equipment for patrol cars for the sheriff's department in Dona Ana county;

32.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the Mesilla Park community center in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;

33.  seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) to design and construct a memorial wall at Veterans' park in Las Cruces honoring Dona Ana county veterans who served during World War II and the Korean war;

34.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and install fixtures, furnishings and equipment for the First Step pediatrics and women's services center in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;

35.  ninety-six thousand dollars ($96,000) to improve community support facilities in San Miguel in Dona Ana county;

36.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to purchase and install global positioning system equipment for patrol cars for the sheriff's department in Dona Ana county;

37.  seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) to design and construct a memorial wall at Veterans' park in Las Cruces honoring Dona Ana county veterans who served during World War II and the Korean war;


38.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for site preparation of, planning, designing, repairing and constructing the Las Cruces downtown revitalization project in Dona Ana county;

39.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to construct an aircraft hangar for the civil air patrol aircraft based at the Las Cruces municipal airport in Dona Ana county;

40.  seven thousand dollars ($7,000) for defibrillators for the Las Alturas fire station in Dona Ana county;

41.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for capital improvements at the sheriff posse rodeo arena in Eddy county;

42.  one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to renovate the Grant county detention center;

43.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the purchase of a backhoe for Guadalupe county;

44.  two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for phase 4 improvements in Del Norte park in Hobbs in Lea county;

45.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase a wastewater vacuum truck in Lovington in Lea county;

46.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for phase 4 improvements in Del Norte park in Hobbs in Lea county;

47.  three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to construct a fire station for Ruidoso in Lincoln county;


48.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to purchase and install information technology for the McKinley county sheriff's office;

49.  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for restroom improvements at the soccer fields in Gallup in McKinley county;

50.  two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to construct, equip and furnish a safety facility and municipal court building in Tularosa in Otero county;

51.  forty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500) to construct, equip, furnish and landscape a veterans' memorial at the Tularosa community center in Otero county;

52.  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to improve and equip Zenith park in Cloudcroft in Otero county;

53.  fifty‑five thousand dollars ($55,000) for improvements and equipment purchase for the recreation center in Tucumcari in Quay county;

54.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to plan a recreational facility master plan for the Prince and Carter ranches in Espanola in Rio Arriba county;

55.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for improvements to McGee park county fairgrounds in San Juan county;


56.  forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to demolish an existing structure and develop and construct a public facility as part of a downtown revitalization project in Las Vegas in San Miguel county;

57.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to purchase and equip a self-contained breathing apparatus for the Las Vegas fire department in San Miguel county;

58.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to construct additions to the Jemez Springs volunteer fire department building in Sandoval county;

59.  five thousand dollars ($5,000) to renovate Santa Fe Cathedral park in Santa Fe county;

60.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to plan, design and engineer the redevelopment of the Santa Fe railyard in Santa Fe in Santa Fe county;

61.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to renovate Sedillo park in Socorro in Socorro county;

62.  two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to plan, design and construct an emergency response center in Taos county;

63.  one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) to purchase and install freezers for the community action office in Valencia county;

64.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase buses for the head start program in Valencia county;


65.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for video and audio equipment for the library in Belen in Valencia county;

66.  forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to purchase and install a security system for the courthouse in Valencia county; and

67.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for phase 2 construction of the fire station and community center for the Highland Meadows community in Valencia county.

Section 13.  STATE PARK PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--Twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) is appropriated to the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department to acquire land for, plan and construct the Mesilla Valley bosque park in Dona Ana county.

Section 14.  PUBLIC SCHOOL PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the state department of public education for the following purposes:

1.  seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) to design and construct a facility for the Nuestros Valores charter school in the Albuquerque public school district in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

2.  seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) for educational technology at Mountain View elementary school in the Albuquerque public school district in Bernalillo county;


3.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to construct facilities, including locker rooms, restrooms and offices, for the soccer and softball programs at Rio Grande high school in the Albuquerque public school district in Bernalillo county;

4.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for portable classrooms at South Valley academy in the Albuquerque public school district in Bernalillo county;

5.  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for mariachi uniforms for East San Jose elementary school in the Albuquerque public school district in Bernalillo county;

6.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for capital improvements at Jimmy E. Carter middle school in the Albuquerque public school district in Bernalillo county;

7.  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for educational technology, including a digital plasma screen, for the southwest secondary learning center in the Albuquerque public school district in Bernalillo county;

8.  sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for educational technology for the Manzano high school cluster in the Albuquerque public school district in Bernalillo county;

9.  five thousand three hundred dollars ($5,300) to furnish the library at Valle Vista elementary school in the Albuquerque public school district in Bernalillo county;

10.  eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for infrastructure improvements at Jefferson Montessori academy in the Carlsbad municipal school district in Eddy county;


11.  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for capital improvements at the Gallup high school field and track facilities in the Gallup-McKinley county public school district in McKinley county;

12.  two hundred twenty thousand dollars ($220,000) to replace the roof on the elementary and middle school in the Cloudcroft municipal school district in Otero county;

13.  seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) to plan, design and construct a district technology center in the Espanola public school district in Rio Arriba county;

14.  one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to improve and equip the athletic weight room at Socorro high school in the Socorro consolidated school district in Socorro county;

15.  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for capital improvements, including electrical and plumbing, to the Adelino head start center at the Belen consolidated school district in Valencia county; and

16.  eighty‑five thousand dollars ($85,000) to purchase and install lighting at the baseball and softball fields at the high school in the Belen consolidated school district in Valencia county.

Section 15.  UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE PROJECTS--GENERAL FUND.--


A.  To the board of regents of eastern New Mexico university, the following amounts are appropriated from the general fund for the following purposes:

(1)  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to purchase a bus for the athletic department at the main campus in Portales in Roosevelt county;

(2)  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) to purchase a computer system for the athletic department at the main campus in Portales in Roosevelt county;

(3)  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for distance education infrastructure at the main campus in Portales in Roosevelt county; and

(4)  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the renovation and addition of parking lot lights, sidewalk lighting and sidewalk repair at the main campus in Portales in Roosevelt county.

B.  To board of regents of New Mexico highlands university, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to plan and design the center for the education and study of diverse populations at New Mexico highlands university in San Miguel county.

C.  To the board of regents of New Mexico state university, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is appropriated from the general fund for crosswalk improvements at the main campus in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;


D.  To the board of regents of the university of New Mexico, the following amounts are appropriated from the general fund for the following purposes:

(1)  twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for improvements to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at the athletic department administration building at the main campus in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

(2)  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for improvements to the women's softball complex, including bleachers, dugouts, fencing, grading and sod, at the main campus in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

(3)  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase, install and upgrade information technology and equipment at the school of law in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;

(4)  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for improvements to the football practice fields at the main campus in Bernalillo county; and

(5)  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to purchase and install equipment at the athletic administration building at the main campus in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county.


E.  To the governing board of Luna vocational-technical institute, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is appropriated from the general fund to restore King stadium in San Miguel county.

Section 16.  PROJECT SCOPE--EXPENDITURES.--If an appropriation for a project authorized in this act is not sufficient to complete all the purposes specified, the appropriation may be expended for any portion of the purposes specified in the appropriation.  Expenditures shall not be made for purposes other than those specified in the appropriation.

Section 17.  ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.--Pursuant to Section 13‑4A-4 NMSA 1978 and where applicable, the appropriations authorized in this act include one percent for the art in public places fund.

Section 18.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.