April 5, 2001

 

HOUSE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 56

 

 

The Honorable Ben Lujan and

Members of the House of Representatives

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

 

Honorable Speaker and Members of the House:

 

I have this day VETOED and am returning HOUSE BILL 454, as amended,

enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.

 

This bill appropriates $1.22 million from the state lands maintenance fund to the State Land Office for watershed restoration, remediation of contaminated sites and unauthorized landfills, stabilization of archeological sites and management of invasive weeds on state trust land.  I have signed into law Senate Bill 326, which appropriates this same amount for the same purposes.  While I support the purpose of House Bill 454, I believe that a second appropriation is unnecessary.

Sincerely,         

 

 

          Gary E. Johnson         

Governor         

 

 

RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR:

 

Time: _____________________                By:_____________________________

                                                                     Secretary of State

Date ______________________             

 

 

Time:______________________

 

Date_______________________               By:_____________________________

                                                                     Chief Clerk of the House      hem56hb454v