SENATE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 49 
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                        BEN D. ALTAMIRANO              





FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY IN GRANT COUNTY.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be funded:

                    to the board of regents of western New Mexico university:

          A.  five million six hundred seventy-two thousand three hundred dollars
($5,672,300) to design and construct a center for information technology at western New
Mexico university located in Grant county;

          B.  one million four hundred ninety thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,490,800)
to design, renovate or remodel the fine arts auditorium at western New Mexico university
located in Grant county;
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          C.  four hundred forty-six thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($446,250) to
purchase and improve property for additional parking and future expansion at western New
Mexico university located in Grant county;

          D.  one million two hundred eighty-five thousand dollars ($1,285,000) to design,
renovate and expand the child development center at Sechlar hall at western New Mexico
university located in Grant county;

          E.  two million five hundred fifty-four thousand eight hundred dollars
($2,554,800) for infrastructure renovation and expansion at western New Mexico university
located in Grant county; and

          F.  eight hundred seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars ($879,500) for
infrastructure for regional extended learning initiatives for service areas at western New Mexico
university located in Grant county.