0001|                         HOUSE BILL 560
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                         J. PAUL TAYLOR
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO HISPANIC PRESENCE IN NEW MEXICO; MAKING AN
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0013|     APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE FOR A CUARTOCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
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0014|     CONTINUOUS HISPANIC PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES; DECLARING AN
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0015|     EMERGENCY.
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0016|     
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|       Section 1.  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS--HISPANIC PRESENCE IN NEW
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0019|     MEXICO.--The legislature of the state of New Mexico notes with
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0020|     pride that April 30, 1998 will mark the four hundredth
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0021|     anniversary of the founding of continuous European presence
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0022|     within the United States, and the convergence of the Hispanic
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0023|     and Native American cultures and traditions.  This convergence
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0024|     will be celebrated with the cooperation of a wide variety of
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0025|     business, civic, cultural and governmental agencies in New 
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0001|     Mexico as well as their counterparts in Mexico and Spain,
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0002|     bringing honor and attention to our state and region.  New
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0003|     Mexico's people have and continue to make major contributions to
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0004|     this productive history, and the legislature elects to
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0005|     contribute to the cuartocentennial project through exhibitions,
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0006|     publications and media programs, as well as cultural and
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0007|     artistic endeavors of every type.
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0008|       Section 2.  APPROPRIATION--CUARTOCENTENNIAL PROJECT--PURPOSE.--Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is
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0009|     appropriated from the general fund to the office of cultural
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0010|     affairs for expenditure in fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to provide
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0011|     support of the cuartocentennial project, to be observed in 1998,
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0012|     to help celebrate four hundred years of diversity and richness
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0013|     produced and nurtured through our Hispanic and Native American
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0014|     cultures.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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0015|     the end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund.
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0016|       Section 3.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0017|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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