0001|                            HOUSE BILL 278
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            J. PAUL TAYLOR
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CULTURE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE FOR A
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0012|     CUARTO CENTENARIO CELEBRATION OF CONTINUOUS HISPANIC PRESENCE
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0013|     IN THE UNITED STATES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS--HISPANIC PRESENCE IN
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0017|     NEW MEXICO.--The legislature of the state of New Mexico notes
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0018|     with pride that April 30, 1998 will mark the four hundredth
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0019|     anniversary of the founding of continuous European presence
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0020|     within the United States and the convergence of the Hispanic
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0021|     and Native American cultures and traditions.  This convergence
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0022|     will be commemorated with the cooperation of a wide variety of
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0023|     business, civic, cultural and governmental agencies in New
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0024|     Mexico as well as their counterparts in Mexico and Spain,
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0025|     bringing honor and attention to our state and region.  New
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0001|     Mexico's people of all ethnic and racial groups have made and
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0002|     continue to make major contributions to this productive
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0003|     history, and the legislature elects to contribute to the
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0004|     cuarto centenario project through exhibitions, publications,
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0005|     educational curriculum materials and media programs, as well
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0006|     as cultural and artistic endeavors of every type.
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0007|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION--CUARTO CENTENARIO PROJECT--
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0008|     PURPOSE.--Eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) 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 1998 and 1999 to
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0011|     provide support of the cuarto centenario project, to help
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0012|     commemorate 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 1999 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
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0018|     immediately.
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