SENATE BILL 19

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Dede Feldman

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE COORDINATION SERVICES BY THE STATE FORESTER FOR BOSQUE MANAGEMENT AND RIVER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS STATEWIDE.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the energy, minerals and natural resources department for expenditure in fiscal year 2005 to provide coordination services by the state forester for bosque management and river improvement projects statewide among state, local and federal resource management agencies, including soil and water conservation districts, the interstate stream commission, the department of game and fish, the department of environment, irrigation and conservancy districts, the state land office, the bureau of land management, the United States fish and wildlife service, the United States army corps of engineers, the bureau of reclamation, the bureau of Indian affairs, pueblos, tribes, cities, counties, research institutions and nonprofit volunteer organizations. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of the fiscal year 2005 shall revert to the general fund.

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