HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 217 
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                        RICHARD T. KNOWLES             





FOR HIGHER EDUCATION CAPITAL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE'S INSTITUTIONS.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be funded:

                    to the commission on higher education:
     
          A.  twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for distribution to various post-
secondary and other state educational institutions for making infrastructure improvements and
expansions at institutions throughout the state; and

          B.  two million dollars ($2,000,000) for distribution to various post-secondary
and other state educational institutions for making necessary improvements to facilities to
address the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 at institutions
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throughout the state;

                    to the community college board of Santa Fe community college:
          
                    two million dollars ($2,000,000) to design, construct and equip phase three of
          the instructional technology facility in Santa Fe county;

                    to the governing board of Albuquerque technical-vocational institute:
                    one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000) to complete
          renovations to the south valley campus in Bernalillo county;

                    to the board of regents of New Mexico institute of mining and technology:
     
          A.  five million seven hundred thousand dollars ($5,700,000) to design, construct
and equip renovations to Cramer and Weir halls or Jones hall on the main campus of New
Mexico institute of mining and technology in Socorro county; and

          B.  two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to design, construct
and equip additions and renovations to Jones Hall or Cramer and Weir halls on the main campus
in Socorro in Socorro county;

                    to the board of regents of New Mexico state university:
     
          A.  fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for preliminary planning and feasibility
studies for a Grants college and community library facility at the Grants branch of New Mexico
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state university in Cibola county; 
     
          B.  two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to design, construct
and equip renovations to Goddard Hall on the main campus in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;

          C.  two million two hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($2,293,000)  to
design, construct and equip the health and public services building at New Mexico state
university's Dona Ana branch in Dona Ana county; and

          D.  two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) to design, construct
and complete phase two of the multipurpose building at the New Mexico state university
Alamogordo branch in Otero county;

                    to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico:
     
          A.  one million two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($1,275,000) to
design, construct and equip an instructional lab and an expansion to the learning resource
center at the university of New Mexico Gallup branch in McKinley county;

          B.  five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) to design, construct and equip
an addition to the student services building located on the campus of the university of New
Mexico Los Alamos branch in Los Alamos county;

          C.  nine hundred fifty thousand dollars ($950,000) to complete the installation of
equipment at the manufacturing training and technology center clean room located at the
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university of New Mexico research park in Bernalillo county;

          D.  three million dollars ($3,000,000) to purchase and install hospital patient
care equipment and cancer patient care equipment at the university of New Mexico health
services center in Bernalillo county;

          E.  two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to plan and design a university
of New Mexico health sciences center education building to be located on the north campus in
Bernalillo county; and

          F.  five million dollars ($5,000,000) to design and construct instructional facility
upgrades on the main campus of the university of New Mexico in Albuquerque in Bernalillo
county;

                    to the board of regents of eastern New Mexico university:
     
          A.  two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) to design, construct
and equip renovations to Lea Hall on the main campus of eastern New Mexico university in
Roosevelt county; and

          B.  one million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000) to design, construct
and equip the instructional center renovation and addition at the Roswell branch of eastern New
Mexico university in Chaves county;

                    to the board of regents of western New Mexico university:
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          A.  three million dollars ($3,000,000) to design, construct and equip a center for
information technology on the main campus in Silver City in Grant county; and

          B.  six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to design, construct and equip the
renovations to the university auditorium located on the main campus of western New Mexico
university in Grant county;

                    to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university:
     
                    three million four hundred thousand dollars ($3,400,000) to design, construct
          and equip renovations and an addition to the Douglas School on the main campus
          in Las Vegas in San Miguel county;

                    to the governing board of Luna vocational-technical institute:
     
                    two million dollars ($2,000,000) to complete and equip phase three of the
          instructional programs center in at Luna vocational-technical institute in San
          Miguel county;

                    to the governing board of San Juan college:
     
                    three hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($325,000) to design, construct and
          equip an addition to the early childhood development center at the main campus
          of San Juan college in San Juan county;
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                    to the board of regents of the New Mexico school for the deaf:
     
                    seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) to design, construct and
          complete renovations to various buildings on the main campus of the New
          Mexico school for the deaf in Santa Fe county; and

                    to the board of regents of the New Mexico military institute:
     
                    one million nine hundred thousand dollars ($1,900,000) to design and construct
          renovations to Wilson hall on the main campus of the New Mexico military
          institute in Chaves county.