HOUSE BILL 22

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Patricia A. Lundstrom

FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF PAST URANIUM MINING AND MILLING PRACTICES.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 to undertake a comprehensive health study of the effects of past uranium mining and milling practices on the health of residents of McKinley and Cibola counties, including members of the Navajo Nation. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.

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