HOUSE BILL 108

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

Martin R. Zamora and James G. Townsend

 

 

 

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE SUPPORT AND EXPANSION OF A NETWORK OF WEATHER STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two million five hundred seventy-eight thousand dollars ($2,578,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 and subsequent fiscal years for the office of state climatologist to expand the weather station network throughout the state, including the purchase and installation of hardware for new stations and administrative and operational support. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.