0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 90 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| PATSY G. TRUJILLO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE TO | 0012| INCLUDE WATER CONSERVATION IN ITS WORK PLAN. | 0013| | 0014| WHEREAS, many aquifers, most notably in the Albuquerque | 0015| valley, are being depleted at a faster rate than they can be | 0016| replenished; and | 0017| WHEREAS, most of the available water in New Mexico's river | 0018| basins are already committed to present uses; and | 0019| WHEREAS, the amount and timing of water released in our | 0020| streams is sometimes inadequate to sustain healthy ecosystems; | 0021| and | 0022| WHEREAS, the office of the state engineer has been | 0023| understaffed and underfunded in recent years; and | 0024| WHEREAS, conservation of water, watershed management and | 0025| other methods should be used to achieve increased water yields; | 0001| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0002| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council be | 0003| requested to retain the integrated water and resource planning | 0004| committee and include water conservation in its work plan to | 0005| evaluate approaches to water conservation, focusing on | 0006| voluntary incentives rather than imposed constraints; and | 0007| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the integrated water and | 0008| resource planning committee assist in developing a broad | 0009| strategy of water conservation from planning to use; and | 0010| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the integrated water and | 0011| resource planning committee report its findings and | 0012| recommendations to the second session of the forty-third | 0013| legislature; and | 0014| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be | 0015| transmitted to the members of the New Mexico legislative | 0016| council. | 0017|  State of New Mexico | 0018| House of Representatives | 0019| | 0020| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0021| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| March 15, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Mr. Speaker: | 0003| | 0004| Your AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE, | 0005| to whom has been referred | 0006| | 0007| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 90 | 0008| | 0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0010| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0011| | 0012| Respectfully submitted, | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| G. X. McSherry, Chairman | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| Adopted Not Adopted | 0022| | 0023| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0024| | 0025| Date | 0001| | 0002| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0003| Yes: 5 | 0004| Excused: Abeyta, Garnenez, Johnson, Townsend | 0005| Absent: None | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\HJ090 | 0009| | 0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| March 19, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| Mr. President: | 0017| | 0018| Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0019| | 0020| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 90 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0024| | 0025| Respectfully submitted, | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| __________________________________ | 0006| Michael S. Sanchez, Chairman | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0011| Adopted_______________________ | 0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Date ________________________ | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0020| Yes: 6 | 0021| No: None | 0022| Excused: Davis, Kysar, Macias, Tsosie | 0023| Absent: None | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| HJ090C01 |