SENATE BILL 61

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos and Gabriel Ramos and Leo Jaramillo

and Martin R. Zamora

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RURAL LIBRARIES.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the cultural affairs department for expenditure in fiscal years 2027 and 2028 to support the operation of rural libraries; provided that no more than two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) shall be spent in any one fiscal year. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2028 shall revert to the general fund.

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