0001| HOUSE BILL 560 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| J. PAUL TAYLOR | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO HISPANIC PRESENCE IN NEW MEXICO; MAKING AN | 0013| APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE FOR A CUARTOCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF | 0014| CONTINUOUS HISPANIC PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES; DECLARING AN | 0015| EMERGENCY. | 0016| | 0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0018| Section 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS--HISPANIC PRESENCE IN NEW | 0019| MEXICO.--The legislature of the state of New Mexico notes with | 0020| pride that April 30, 1998 will mark the four hundredth | 0021| anniversary of the founding of continuous European presence | 0022| within the United States, and the convergence of the Hispanic | 0023| and Native American cultures and traditions. This convergence | 0024| will be celebrated with the cooperation of a wide variety of | 0025| business, civic, cultural and governmental agencies in New | 0001| Mexico as well as their counterparts in Mexico and Spain, | 0002| bringing honor and attention to our state and region. New | 0003| Mexico's people have and continue to make major contributions to | 0004| this productive history, and the legislature elects to | 0005| contribute to the cuartocentennial project through exhibitions, | 0006| publications and media programs, as well as cultural and | 0007| artistic endeavors of every type. | 0008| Section 2. APPROPRIATION--CUARTOCENTENNIAL PROJECT--PURPOSE.--Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is | 0009| appropriated from the general fund to the office of cultural | 0010| affairs for expenditure in fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to provide | 0011| support of the cuartocentennial project, to be observed in 1998, | 0012| to help celebrate four hundred years of diversity and richness | 0013| produced and nurtured through our Hispanic and Native American | 0014| cultures. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at | 0015| the end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund. | 0016| Section 3. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0017| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0018| - - | 0019| |