SENATE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 456   
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                         DIANNA J. DURAN               





FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OTERO COUNTY.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be
funded:

                    to the local government division of the department of
          finance and administration:
               
                    three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for a new
          road shop building for Otero county; and

                    to the state highway and transportation department:
     
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          A.  four hundred twenty-five thousand dollars
($425,000) to install a box culvert and an arch culvert to
alleviate problems caused by the arroyo on Riata road in Otero
county; and

          B.  one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000)
to install lights, gates, belts and make other improvements to an
existing crossing named Riata railroad crossing on Riata road
located one mile south of Tularosa in Otero county.


REAUTHORIZATION; CHANGING THE PURPOSE OF A SEVERANCE TAX BOND
APPROPRIATION FOR RIATA ROAD IN OTERO COUNTY.

     The balance of the proceeds from the sale of severance tax
bonds appropriated to the state highway and transportation
department pursuant to Subsection M of Section 8 of Chapter 4 of
Laws 1996 (S.S.) for the purpose of designing or constructing a
new road connecting Riata road to United States highway 54/70 or
for installing a railroad crossing on the new road in Otero
county shall not be expended for its original purpose but is
reauthorized and appropriated to the state highway and
transportation department for the purpose of installing lights,
gates, belts and making other improvements to an existing
crossing named Riata railroad crossing on Riata road located one
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mile south of Tularosa in Otero county.