0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 4
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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|                          ARTHUR H. RODARTE
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINT THE APPROPRIATE
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0012|     COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY WATER ASSOCIATIONS
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0013|     IN RIO ARRIBA AND SANDOVAL COUNTIES.
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0015|          WHEREAS, in a desert environment such as New Mexico,
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0016|     water is the most critical resource for sustaining
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0017|     communities, their economies and their citizens' welfare; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, the ability to provide quality water for
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0019|     domestic, agricultural and commercial use requires substantial
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0020|     investments in infrastructure and management; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, rural communities, with their limited tax base
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0022|     and dispersed service population, such as those in Rio Arriba
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0023|     and Sandoval counties in particular, are limited in their
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0024|     abilities to provide adequate water utility services for their
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0025|     citizens; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, aging infrastructure, federal environmental law,
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0002|     growing populations and restricted economic opportunities and,
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0003|     therefore, constrained tax revenues strain the local
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0004|     government capacity to meet the challenge without liberal
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0005|     state and federal assistance;
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0006|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0007|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative council be requested
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0008|     to direct the appropriate interim committee to study the needs
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0009|     of community water associations in Rio Arriba and Sandoval
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0010|     counties and to report its recommendations to the legislative
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0011|     council by November 1, 1998; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the members of the legislative council.
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