HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 96 
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                         SAMUEL F. VIGIL               





FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY IN SAN MIGUEL
COUNTY.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be funded:

                    to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university:

          A.  three million eight hundred thousand dollars ($3,800,000) to acquire
property and renovate Douglas school on the campus of New Mexico highlands university in San
Miguel county;

          B.  ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to renovate and expand the Lora Mangum
Shield science building to address safety and code deficiencies and to design and construct a
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new addition to accommodate a science and technology facility on the campus of New Mexico
highlands university in San Miguel county;

          C.  six million four hundred thousand dollars ($6,400,000) to acquire property
and design and construct the social work building on the campus of New Mexico highlands
university in San Miguel county; and
     
          D.  six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to complete the telecommunications
infrastructure for New Mexico highlands university and add additional telecommunication
capabilities to the library, dormitories and other academic buildings on the campus in San
Miguel county.