0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 11
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL
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0003|     SESSION, 1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                           JOHN PINTO
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0010|     
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO SEEK
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0013|     FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE SHIPROCK MULTIPURPOSE CENTER IN SAN JUAN
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0014|     COUNTY.
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0015|     
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0016|       WHEREAS, the Shiprock community in San Juan county has
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0017|     pursued with substantial energy and commitment the need for
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0018|     construction of a multipurpose center to serve critical needs of
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0019|     the Shiprock community, including in particular the very young
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0020|     and very old; and
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0021|       WHEREAS, the state of New Mexico has recognized the
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0022|     important needs of the Shiprock community and appropriated five
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0023|     hundred sixty thousand dollars ($560,000) for planning, design,
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0024|     construction and equipment for the Shiprock multipurpose center;
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0025|     and
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0001|       WHEREAS, the Navajo nation has similarly recognized the
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0002|     important needs of the Shiprock community and committed two
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0003|     hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for planning, design,
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0004|     construction and equipment for the Shiprock multipurpose center;
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0005|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0006|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the federal government be requested to
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0007|     pursue funding options that might be available to contribute ten
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0008|     million dollars ($10,000,000) to help complete construction of
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0009|     the Shiprock multipurpose center; and
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0010|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico congressional
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0011|     delegation be urged to contact all appropriate federal officials
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0012|     to pursue funding options that might be available from the
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0013|     federal government to contribute ten million dollars
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0014|     ($10,000,000) to the construction of the Shiprock multipurpose
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0015|     center; and
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0016|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be sent
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0017|     to all members of the New Mexico congressional delegation.
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