HOUSE BILL 938

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Keith J. Gardner

AN ACT

PROVIDING FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000) AS A CREDIT TO QWEST CUSTOMERS BY REFUSING TO APPROPRIATE MONEY IN A FUND EARMARKED FOR A SPECIFIC PROGRAM IN THE QWEST SETTLEMENT.

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

     Section 1. REFUSAL TO APPROPRIATE.--The legislature refuses to appropriate the five million dollars ($5,000,000) set aside in the settlement agreement between Qwest and the state and earmarked for a specific program if appropriated by the legislature. By not appropriating the money, according to the terms of the settlement agreement, the money will be credited to Qwest customers.

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