SENATE BILL 19

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2020

INTRODUCED BY

Jacob R. Candelaria and Tomás E. Salazar and Joseph Cervantes

 

 

ENDORSED BY THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE; AUTHORIZING THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS OR GRANTS FROM THE WATER PROJECT FUND FOR CERTAIN WATER PROJECTS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 

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

     SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF QUALIFYING WATER PROJECTS.-- Pursuant to Section 72-4A-9 NMSA 1978, the legislature authorizes the New Mexico finance authority to make loans or grants from the water project fund to the following qualifying entities for the following qualifying water projects on terms and conditions established by the water trust board and the New Mexico finance authority:

          1. to the Agua Pura mutual domestic water consumers and mutual sewage works association in Mora county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          2. to the Albuquerque Bernalillo county water utility authority in Bernalillo county for a water conservation or treatment, recycling or reuse project;

          3. to the Ancones mutual domestic water and wastewater consumers association in Rio Arriba county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          4. to the city of Anthony in Dona Ana county for a flood prevention project;

          5. to the Big Mesa mutual domestic water consumers association in San Miguel county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          6. to the city of Bloomfield in San Juan county for a water conservation or treatment, recycling or reuse project;

          7. to the Cerro regional mutual domestic water consumers and sewage works association in Taos county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          8. to the Claunch-Pinto soil and water conservation district in Bernalillo, Santa Fe and Torrance counties for two watershed restoration and management projects;

          9. to the city of Clovis in Curry county for a water conservation or treatment, recycling or reuse project;

          10. to the village of Columbus in Luna county for a flood prevention project;

          11. to the city of Deming in Luna county for a water conservation or treatment, recycling or reuse project;

          12. to the eastern New Mexico water utility authority in Curry county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          13. to the El Creston mutual domestic water consumers association in San Miguel county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          14. to the Eldorado area water and sanitation district in Santa Fe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          15. to the El Valle de los Ranchos water and sanitation district in Taos county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          16. to the city of Gallup in McKinley county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          17. to Grant county for a flood prevention project;

          18. to the city of Grants in Cibola county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          19. to the city of Grants in Cibola county for two flood prevention projects;

          20. to the La Cueva mutual domestic water consumers association in San Miguel county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          21. to Los Alamos county for a water conservation or treatment, recycling or reuse project;

          22. to the city of Portales in Roosevelt county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          23. to the Regina mutual domestic water consumers association in Rio Arriba and Sandoval counties for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          24. to the upper Rio Grande watershed district in Rio Arriba county for a flood prevention project;

          25. to the Rio Lucio domestic water consumers association in Taos county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          26. to the Rodarte mutual domestic water consumers association in Taos county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          27. to the city of Ruidoso Downs in Lincoln county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          28. to the Sangre de Cristo regional mutual domestic water consumers and mutual sewage works association in Guadalupe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          29. to the San Juan soil and water conservation district in San Juan county for a watershed restoration and management project;

          30. to the city of Santa Fe in Santa Fe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          31. to the city of Santa Rosa in Guadalupe county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project;

          32. to the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority in Sandoval county for a flood prevention project;

          33. to the city of Truth or Consequences in Sierra county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project; and

          34. to the Union del Llano mutual domestic water consumers association in Taos county for a water storage, conveyance and delivery project.

     SECTION 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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