FORTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2006

January 30, 2006

Mr. Speaker:

    Your ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 121, as amended

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. Strike House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee Amendment.

     2. On pages 1 and 2, strike Subsection A in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new Subsection A to read:

          "A. Two hundred eighty million dollars ($280,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the funds and agencies identified below in the following amounts for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years for the following purposes:

                (1) seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) to the Indian water rights settlement fund to pay the state's portion of the costs necessary to implement Indian water rights settlements approved by the legislature and the United States congress;

                (2) a final forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000) to the interstate stream commission to complete the Pecos River Compact settlement;

                (3) thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) to the improvement of Rio Grande income fund for the middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act collaborative program;

                (4) seven million dollars ($7,000,000) to the interstate stream commission for the Gila river settlement in the federal Arizona Water Settlements Act, to be used to conduct a full and inclusive process of public involvement, complete a thorough scientific assessment of ecological conditions in the Gila river basin and a full analysis of all water needs and supply alternatives in the southwestern water-planning region;

                (5) seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) to the water project fund for the Ute pipeline project;

                (6) forty-four million dollars ($44,000,000) to the New Mexico irrigation works construction fund for acequia and dam safety improvements statewide; and

                (7) six million dollars ($6,000,000) to the water project fund for La Plata conservancy district's cost share of the

 Animas-La Plata project.".,

and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.                            

                             Respectfully submitted,

James Roger Madalena, Chairman

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

Date

The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against

Yes:      9

No:       0

Excused:  Garcia, MP, Madalena, Salazar, Wilson

Absent:   None

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