SENATE BILL 485

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Clinton D. Harden

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WATER PROJECTS OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Two hundred twenty-five million dollars ($225,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the office of the state engineer for expenditure in fiscal years 2007 through 2010 to initiate, plan and implement the following projects in the following amounts:

                (1) seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) for Indian water rights and regional community settlements, including the Navajo, Taos and Aamodt settlements;

                (2) thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) for the Pecos river settlement;

                (3) thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) for the middle Rio Grande collaborative program;

                (4) forty million dollars ($40,000,000) for the Ute pipeline project; and

                (5) fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for acequia and dam safety improvements statewide.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.

     Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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