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	28	+	HOUSE BILL 137
	29	+	57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
	30	+	INTRODUCED BY
	31	+	Susan K. Herrera
28	32		AN ACT
29	33		RELATING TO WATER; ENACTING THE STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY ACT;
30	34		CREATING THE STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE
31		-	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND THE OFFICE OF THE STATE
32		-	ENGINEER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AND AWARD GRANTS FOR
33		-	PROJECTS INVOLVING BRACKISH WATER THAT ENHANCE THE STATE'S
34		-	FRESH WATER RESOURCES; CREATING THE STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY
	35	+	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, THE ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL
	36	+	RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER TO
	37	+	ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AND AWARD GRANTS FOR PROJECTS THAT REDUCE
	38	+	THE STATE'S RELIANCE ON FRESH WATER RESOURCES OR EXPAND WATER
	39	+	REUSE OPPORTUNITIES; CREATING THE STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY
35	40		PROGRAM FUND; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS BEFORE A PERSON DRILLS
36	41		WELLS OR RECOMPLETES EXISTING WELLS TO APPROPRIATE WATERS;
37		-	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
	42	+	IMPOSING A FIVE-CENT ($.05) FEE ON BARRELS OF PRODUCED WATER
	43	+	FROM OIL OR GAS WELLS AND DEPOSITING MONEY COLLECTED FROM THE
	44	+	FEE INTO THE STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM FUND; MAKING
	45	+	APPROPRIATIONS.
38	46		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
39		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.--Sections 1 through 4 of this
40		-	act may be cited as the "Strategic Water Supply Act".
41		-	SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Strategic Water
42		-	Supply Act:
43		-	A. "brackish water" means water that is sourced
44		-	from an underground stream, channel, artesian basin,
45		-	reservoir or lake, having reasonably ascertainable
46		-	boundaries, that contains not less than one thousand parts
47		-	per million of dissolved solids and is not produced water;
48		-	B. "produced water" means a fluid that is an
49		-	incidental byproduct from drilling for or the production of
50		-	oil and gas;
51		-	C. "public entity" means a county, municipality, HENRC/HAAWC/HB 137/a
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	74	+	SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--Sections 1
	75	+	through 5 of this act may be cited as the "Strategic Water
	76	+	Supply Act".
	77	+	SECTION 2. [NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the
	78	+	Strategic Water Supply Act:
	79	+	A. "brackish water" means water that:
	80	+	(1) is sourced from an aquifer, the top of
	81	+	which is at a depth of two thousand five hundred feet or more
	82	+	below the surface of the ground;
	83	+	(2) contains not less than one thousand parts
	84	+	per million of dissolved solids; and
	85	+	(3) is not produced water;
	86	+	B. "produced water" means a fluid that is an
	87	+	incidental byproduct from drilling for or the production of oil
	88	+	and gas;
	89	+	C. "public entity" means a county, municipality,
78	90		political subdivision, state agency or state institution of
79		-	higher education; ~~and~~
	91	+	higher education;
80	92		D. "treated brackish water" means brackish water
81	93		that has undergone a process to remove or eliminate
82	94		contaminants to meet applicable standards for water quality
83	95		established pursuant to the Water Quality Act by the water
84		-	quality control commission.
85		-	SECTION 3. STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM.--
86		-	A. The "strategic water supply program" is
87		-	created. Subject to the availability of funds and a project
88		-	that meets all eligibility requirements, the department of
89		-	environment and the office of the state engineer may each
90		-	enter into contracts or award grants for eligible projects
91		-	involving treated brackish water for the purposes of
92		-	enhancing the state's fresh water resources.
93		-	B. A contract entered into pursuant to this
94		-	section shall be in accordance with the Procurement Code,
95		-	except that the contract duration shall not exceed twenty
96		-	years in length, including extensions and renewals.
97		-	C. To be eligible for a strategic water supply
98		-	program contract, a project shall:
99		-	(1) comply with all applicable state,
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101		-	requirements and other provisions of law, including public
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	97	+	E. "treated produced water" means produced water
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129		-	requirements related to public involvement, to protect
130		-	existing water rights, conservation of water within the
131		-	state, public welfare, public health and the environment;
132		-	(2) furnish financial assurance, other than
133		-	third party guarantees, to the department of environment in
134		-	accordance with rules promulgated by the water quality
135		-	control commission, running to the benefit of the state and
136		-	with any forfeitures deposited in the state treasury in the
137		-	strategic water supply program fund;
138		-	(3) clearly demonstrate how the project will
139		-	advance state, tribal or local government economic
140		-	development goals in accordance with the purposes of
141		-	enhancing the state's fresh water resources; and
142		-	(4) submit a specific, actionable and
143		-	measurable community benefits plan that includes a process
144		-	for community engagement and is designed to provide broadly
145		-	shared benefits to members of the public who are or may be
146		-	impacted by the strategic water supply program contract.
147		-	D. To be eligible for a strategic water supply
148		-	program grant, the grant recipient shall be a public entity
149		-	or federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo
150		-	located wholly or partially in New Mexico and the grant
151		-	project shall:
152		-	(1) be approved by the state engineer as
153		-	advancing the exploration, production or treatment of HENRC/HAAWC/HB 137/a
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	127	+	a reusable form.
	128	+	SECTION 3. [NEW MATERIAL] APPLICABILITY.--The strategic
	129	+	water supply program applies only to produced water under the
	130	+	jurisdiction of the water quality control commission and
	131	+	brackish water.
	132	+	SECTION 4. [NEW MATERIAL] STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY
	133	+	PROGRAM.--
	134	+	A. The "strategic water supply program" is created.
	135	+	Subject to the availability of funds and a project that meets
	136	+	all eligibility requirements, the department of environment,
	137	+	the energy, minerals and natural resources department and the
	138	+	office of the state engineer may each enter into contracts or
	139	+	award grants for eligible projects involving treated brackish
	140	+	water or treated produced water for the purposes of reducing
	141	+	the state's reliance on fresh water resources or expanding
	142	+	water reuse opportunities.
	143	+	B. A contract entered into pursuant to this section
	144	+	shall be in accordance with the Procurement Code, except that
	145	+	the contract duration shall not exceed twenty years in length,
	146	+	including extensions and renewals.
	147	+	C. To be eligible for a strategic water supply
	148	+	program contract, a project shall:
	149	+	(1) comply with all applicable state, tribal
	150	+	and local governmental standards, permit requirements and other
	151	+	provisions of law to protect public health and the environment;
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180		-	brackish water in New Mexico;
	180	+	(2) furnish financial assurance, other than
	181	+	third party guarantees, to the oil conservation division of the
	182	+	energy, minerals and natural resources department for the life
	183	+	of the project in accordance with rules of the division,
	184	+	running to the benefit of the state and with any forfeitures
	185	+	deposited in the state treasury in the strategic water supply
	186	+	program fund;
	187	+	(3) clearly demonstrate how the project will
	188	+	advance state, tribal or local government economic development
	189	+	goals in accordance with the purposes of reducing the state's
	190	+	reliance on fresh water resources or expanding water reuse
	191	+	opportunities; and
	192	+	(4) submit a specific, actionable and
	193	+	measurable community benefits plan that includes a process for
	194	+	community engagement and is designed to provide broadly shared
	195	+	benefits to members of the public who are or may be impacted by
	196	+	the strategic water supply program contract.
	197	+	D. To be eligible for a strategic water supply
	198	+	program grant, a project shall:
	199	+	(1) be approved by the state engineer as
	200	+	advancing the exploration, production or treatment of brackish
	201	+	water in New Mexico;
181	202		(2) comply with applicable state, federal,
182		-	tribal and local governmental standards and permit
183		-	requirements and other provisions of law, including public
184		-	notice, public hearing processes and all other associated
185		-	requirements related to public involvement, to protect
186		-	existing water rights, conservation of water within the
187		-	state, public welfare, public health and the environment; and
188		-	(3) clearly demonstrate how the project will
189		-	advance state, tribal or local government economic
190		-	development goals in accordance with the purposes of
191		-	enhancing the state's fresh water resources.
192		-	E. The agency awarding a strategic water supply
193		-	contract shall publish the community benefits plan to the
194		-	agency's website.
195		-	F. When preparing a request for proposals pursuant
196		-	to Subsection C of this section or a grant solicitation
197		-	pursuant to Subsection D of this section, the agency shall:
198		-	(1) do so in accordance with the
199		-	State-Tribal Collaboration Act, where applicable; and
200		-	(2) consult with the secretary of economic
201		-	development.
202		-	G. The department of environment or the office of
203		-	the state engineer shall notify the state investment council
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231		-	and any opportunities for public input associated with the
232		-	strategic water supply program within two business days of
233		-	the date the agency publishes the new grant, contract or
234		-	public input opportunity to the general public.
235		-	H. When evaluating contract or grant proposals for
236		-	compliance with Subsection C or D of this section, the agency
237		-	shall evaluate how the projects in the proposal will limit
238		-	greenhouse gas emissions.
239		-	I. In connection with any strategic water supply
240		-	program contract or grant that is subject to the notice of
241		-	intention filing requirements pursuant to Section 72-12-26
242		-	NMSA 1978, the office of the state engineer shall provide an
243		-	opportunity for a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe
244		-	or pueblo located wholly or partially in New Mexico, a
245		-	person, a firm, a corporation or other entity to file an
246		-	objection or protest through a process consistent with the
247		-	provisions of Section 72-12-3 NMSA 1978 regarding a
248		-	determination by the state engineer made pursuant to Section
249		-	72-12-26 NMSA 1978.
250		-	SECTION 4. STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM FUND.--
251		-	A. The "strategic water supply program fund" is
252		-	created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury and
253		-	shall be administered by the department of environment. The
254		-	fund consists of distributions, appropriations, gifts,
255		-	grants, donations, income from investment of the fund and HENRC/HAAWC/HB 137/a
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	233	+	environment;
	234	+	(3) clearly demonstrate how the project will
	235	+	advance state, tribal or local government economic development
	236	+	goals in accordance with the purposes of reducing the state's
	237	+	reliance on fresh water resources or expanding water reuse
	238	+	opportunities; and
	239	+	(4) be administered by or in partnership with
	240	+	a public entity such that the public entity is the grant
	241	+	recipient.
	242	+	E. The agency awarding a strategic water supply
	243	+	contract shall publish the community benefits plan to the
	244	+	agency's website.
	245	+	F. When evaluating grant or contract proposals for
	246	+	compliance with Paragraph (3) of Subsection C or Paragraph (3)
	247	+	of Subsection D of this section, the agency shall:
	248	+	(1) do so in accordance with the State-Tribal
	249	+	Collaboration Act, where applicable;
	250	+	(2) consult with the secretary of economic
	251	+	development; and
	252	+	(3) evaluate how the projects in the proposals
	253	+	will limit greenhouse gas emissions.
	254	+	G. No contract shall be provided pursuant to the
	255	+	provisions of the Strategic Water Supply Act for the production
	256	+	of treated produced water except for treated produced water
	257	+	uses that are in accordance with the Water Quality Act and
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282		-	fees collected pursuant to Section 70-13-6 NMSA 1978.
	286	+	rules adopted by the water quality control commission.
	287	+	SECTION 5. [NEW MATERIAL] STRATEGIC WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM
	288	+	FUND.--
	289	+	A. The "strategic water supply program fund" is
	290	+	created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the
	291	+	department of environment. The fund consists of distributions,
	292	+	appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, income from
	293	+	investment of the fund and fees collected pursuant to Section
	294	+	70-13-6 NMSA 1978.
283	295		B. Money in the fund is appropriated to the
284		-	department of environment and the office of the state
285		-	engineer for the purpose of administering the strategic water
286		-	supply program pursuant to Section 3 of the Strategic Water
287		-	Supply Act.
	296	+	department of environment, the energy, minerals and natural
	297	+	resources department and the office of the state engineer for
	298	+	the purpose of administering the strategic water supply program
	299	+	pursuant to Section 4 of the Strategic Water Supply Act and the
	300	+	reporting and accounting of barrels of produced water pursuant
	301	+	to Section 70-13-6 NMSA 1978.
288	302		C. Expenditures from the fund shall be to the
289		-	department of environment or the office of the state engineer
290		-	by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration
291		-	pursuant to vouchers signed by both the secretary of
292		-	environment or the secretary's authorized representative and
293		-	the state engineer or the state engineer's authorized
294		-	representative.
295		-	SECTION 5. Section 72-12-26 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
296		-	Chapter 86, Section 2) is amended to read:
297		-	"72-12-26. NOTICE OF DRILLING--DEPTH AND LOCATION.--Any
298		-	person proposing to drill wells or recomplete existing wells
299		-	to appropriate waters referred to in Section 72-12-25 NMSA
300		-	1978 shall file a notice of intention to drill or recomplete
301		-	with the office of the state engineer in such form as the
302		-	state engineer shall prescribe and shall publish a notice, in
303		-	a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
304		-	proposed wells will be located once a week for three
305		-	consecutive weeks, stating the location and the proposed depth
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	303	+	department of environment, the energy, minerals and natural
	304	+	resources department or the office of the state engineer by
	305	+	warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant
	306	+	to vouchers signed by all of the following: the secretary of
	307	+	environment or the secretary's authorized representative, the
	308	+	secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources or the
	309	+	secretary's authorized representative and the state engineer or
	310	+	the state engineer's authorized representative.
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333		-	and an estimate of the volume of water to be used. The wells
334		-	shall not be drilled or recompleted prior to thirty days after
335		-	the last publication of the notice and until the state
336		-	engineer has determined that the use of water stated in the
337		-	notice will not impair existing water rights, be contrary to
338		-	the conservation of water within the state or be detrimental
339		-	to the public welfare of the state."
	339	+	SECTION 6. Section 7-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965,
	340	+	Chapter 248, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
	341	+	"7-1-2. APPLICABILITY.--The Tax Administration Act
	342	+	applies to and governs:
	343	+	A. the administration and enforcement of the
	344	+	following taxes or tax acts as they now exist or may hereafter
	345	+	be amended:
	346	+	(1) Income Tax Act;
	347	+	(2) Withholding Tax Act;
	348	+	(3) Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through
	349	+	Entity Withholding Tax Act;
	350	+	(4) Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act,
	351	+	Interstate Telecommunications Gross Receipts Tax Act and Leased
	352	+	Vehicle Gross Receipts Tax Act;
	353	+	(5) Liquor Excise Tax Act;
	354	+	(6) Local Liquor Excise Tax Act;
	355	+	(7) any municipal local option gross receipts
	356	+	tax or municipal compensating tax;
	357	+	(8) any county local option gross receipts tax
	358	+	or county compensating tax;
	359	+	(9) Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act;
	360	+	(10) Gasoline Tax Act;
	361	+	(11) petroleum products loading fee, which fee
	362	+	shall be considered a tax for the purpose of the Tax
	363	+	Administration Act;
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	393	+	(13) Cigarette Tax Act;
	394	+	(14) Estate Tax Act;
	395	+	(15) Railroad Car Company Tax Act;
	396	+	(16) Investment Credit Act, rural job tax
	397	+	credit, Laboratory Partnership with Small Business Tax Credit
	398	+	Act, Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit
	399	+	Act, Film Production Tax Credit Act, Affordable Housing Tax
	400	+	Credit Act and high-wage jobs tax credit;
	401	+	(17) Corporate Income and Franchise Tax Act;
	402	+	(18) Uniform Division of Income for Tax
	403	+	Purposes Act;
	404	+	(19) Multistate Tax Compact;
	405	+	(20) Tobacco Products Tax Act;
	406	+	(21) the telecommunications relay service
	407	+	surcharge imposed by Section 63-9F-11 NMSA 1978, which
	408	+	surcharge shall be considered a tax for the purposes of the Tax
	409	+	Administration Act;
	410	+	(22) the Insurance Premium Tax Act;
	411	+	(23) the Health Care Quality Surcharge Act;
	412	+	(24) the Cannabis Tax Act; and
	413	+	(25) the Health Care Delivery and Access Act;
	414	+	B. the administration and enforcement of the
	415	+	following taxes, surtaxes, advanced payments or tax acts as
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	445	+	(1) Resources Excise Tax Act;
	446	+	(2) Severance Tax Act;
	447	+	(3) any severance surtax;
	448	+	(4) Oil and Gas Severance Tax Act;
	449	+	(5) Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act;
	450	+	(6) Oil and Gas Emergency School Tax Act;
	451	+	(7) Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act;
	452	+	(8) Natural Gas Processors Tax Act;
	453	+	(9) Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad
	454	+	Valorem Tax Act;
	455	+	(10) Copper Production Ad Valorem Tax Act;
	456	+	(11) any advance payment required to be made
	457	+	by any act specified in this subsection, which advance payment
	458	+	shall be considered a tax for the purposes of the Tax
	459	+	Administration Act;
	460	+	(12) Enhanced Oil Recovery Act;
	461	+	(13) Natural Gas and Crude Oil Production
	462	+	Incentive Act; and
	463	+	(14) intergovernmental production tax credit
	464	+	and intergovernmental production equipment tax credit;
	465	+	C. the administration and enforcement of the
	466	+	following taxes, surcharges, fees or acts as they now exist or
	467	+	may hereafter be amended:
	468	+	(1) Weight Distance Tax Act;
	469	+	(2) the workers' compensation fee authorized
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	498	+	by Section 52-5-19 NMSA 1978, which fee shall be considered a
	499	+	tax for purposes of the Tax Administration Act;
	500	+	(3) Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995);
	501	+	(4) 911 emergency surcharge and the network
	502	+	and database surcharge, which surcharges shall be considered
	503	+	taxes for purposes of the Tax Administration Act;
	504	+	(5) the solid waste assessment fee authorized
	505	+	by the Solid Waste Act, which fee shall be considered a tax for
	506	+	purposes of the Tax Administration Act;
	507	+	(6) the water conservation fee imposed by
	508	+	Section 74-1-13 NMSA 1978, which fee shall be considered a tax
	509	+	for the purposes of the Tax Administration Act; [and ]
	510	+	(7) the gaming tax imposed pursuant to the
	511	+	Gaming Control Act; and
	512	+	(8) the produced water fee imposed pursuant to
	513	+	Section 70-13-6 NMSA 1978, which fee shall be considered a tax
	514	+	for the purposes of the Tax Administration Act; and
	515	+	D. the administration and enforcement of all other
	516	+	laws, with respect to which the department is charged with
	517	+	responsibilities pursuant to the Tax Administration Act, but
	518	+	only to the extent that the other laws do not conflict with the
	519	+	Tax Administration Act."
	520	+	SECTION 7. Section 7-1-8.8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019,
	521	+	Chapter 87, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
	522	+	"7-1-8.8. INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REVEALED TO OTHER STATE
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	551	+	AND LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES.--An employee of the department may
	552	+	reveal confidential return information to the following
	553	+	agencies; provided that a person who receives the information
	554	+	on behalf of the agency shall be subject to the penalties in
	555	+	Section 7-1-76 NMSA 1978 if the person fails to maintain the
	556	+	confidentiality required:
	557	+	A. a committee of the legislature for a valid
	558	+	legislative purpose, return information concerning any tax or
	559	+	fee imposed pursuant to the Cigarette Tax Act;
	560	+	B. the attorney general, return information
	561	+	acquired pursuant to the Cigarette Tax Act for purposes of
	562	+	Section 6-4-13 NMSA 1978 and the master settlement agreement
	563	+	defined in Section 6-4-12 NMSA 1978;
	564	+	C. the commissioner of public lands, return
	565	+	information for use in auditing that pertains to rentals,
	566	+	royalties, fees and other payments due the state under land
	567	+	sale, land lease or other land use contracts;
	568	+	D. the secretary of health care authority or the
	569	+	secretary's delegate under a written agreement with the
	570	+	department:
	571	+	(1) the last known address with date of all
	572	+	names certified to the department as being absent parents of
	573	+	children receiving public financial assistance, but only for
	574	+	the purpose of enforcing the support liability of the absent
	575	+	parents by the child support enforcement division or any
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	604	+	successor organizational unit;
	605	+	(2) return information needed for reports
	606	+	required to be made to the federal government concerning the
	607	+	use of federal funds for low-income working families;
	608	+	(3) return information of low-income taxpayers
	609	+	for the limited purpose of outreach to those taxpayers;
	610	+	provided that the health care authority [department ] shall pay
	611	+	the department for expenses incurred by the department to
	612	+	derive the information requested by the health care authority
	613	+	[department] if the information requested is not readily
	614	+	available in reports for which the department's information
	615	+	systems are programmed;
	616	+	(4) return information required to administer
	617	+	the Health Care Quality Surcharge Act and the Health Care
	618	+	Delivery and Access Act; and
	619	+	(5) return information in accordance with the
	620	+	provisions of the Easy Enrollment Act;
	621	+	E. the department of information technology, by
	622	+	electronic media, a database updated quarterly that contains
	623	+	the names, addresses, county of address and taxpayer
	624	+	identification numbers of New Mexico personal income tax
	625	+	filers, but only for the purpose of producing the random jury
	626	+	list for the selection of petit or grand jurors for the state
	627	+	courts pursuant to Section 38-5-3 NMSA 1978;
	628	+	F. the state courts, the random jury lists produced
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	657	+	by the department of information technology under Subsection E
	658	+	of this section;
	659	+	G. the director of the New Mexico department of
	660	+	agriculture or the director's authorized representative, upon
	661	+	request of the director or representative, the names and
	662	+	addresses of all gasoline or special fuel distributors,
	663	+	wholesalers and retailers;
	664	+	H. the public regulation commission, return
	665	+	information with respect to the Corporate Income and Franchise
	666	+	Tax Act required to enable the commission to carry out its
	667	+	duties;
	668	+	I. the state racing commission, return information
	669	+	with respect to the state, municipal and county gross receipts
	670	+	taxes paid by racetracks;
	671	+	J. the gaming control board, tax returns of license
	672	+	applicants and their affiliates as provided in Subsection E of
	673	+	Section 60-2E-14 NMSA 1978;
	674	+	K. the director of the workers' compensation
	675	+	administration or to the director's representatives authorized
	676	+	for this purpose, return information to facilitate the
	677	+	identification of taxpayers that are delinquent or noncompliant
	678	+	in payment of fees required by Section 52-1-9.1 or 52-5-19 NMSA
	679	+	1978;
	680	+	L. the secretary of workforce solutions or the
	681	+	secretary's delegate, return information for use in enforcement
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	710	+	of unemployment insurance collections pursuant to the terms of
	711	+	a written reciprocal agreement entered into by the department
	712	+	with the secretary of workforce solutions for exchange of
	713	+	information;
	714	+	M. the New Mexico finance authority, information
	715	+	with respect to the amount of municipal and county gross
	716	+	receipts taxes collected by municipalities and counties
	717	+	pursuant to any local option municipal or county gross receipts
	718	+	taxes imposed, and information with respect to the amount of
	719	+	governmental gross receipts taxes paid by every agency,
	720	+	institution, instrumentality or political subdivision of the
	721	+	state pursuant to Section 7-9-4.3 NMSA 1978;
	722	+	N. the superintendent of insurance, return
	723	+	information with respect to the premium tax and the health
	724	+	insurance premium surtax;
	725	+	O. the secretary of finance and administration or
	726	+	the secretary's designee, return information concerning a
	727	+	credit pursuant to the Film Production Tax Credit Act;
	728	+	P. the secretary of economic development or the
	729	+	secretary's designee, return information concerning a credit
	730	+	pursuant to the Film Production Tax Credit Act;
	731	+	Q. the secretary of public safety or the
	732	+	secretary's designee, return information concerning the Weight
	733	+	Distance Tax Act;
	734	+	R. the secretary of transportation or the
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	763	+	secretary's designee, return information concerning the Weight
	764	+	Distance Tax Act;
	765	+	S. the secretary of energy, minerals and natural
	766	+	resources or the secretary's designee, return information
	767	+	concerning tax credits or deductions for which eligibility is
	768	+	certified or otherwise determined by the secretary or the
	769	+	secretary's designee and return information concerning the
	770	+	produced water fee and to facilitate the identification of
	771	+	taxpayers that are delinquent or noncompliant in payment of the
	772	+	produced water fee pursuant to Section 70-13-6 NMSA 1978 ;
	773	+	T. the secretary of environment or the secretary's
	774	+	designee, return information concerning tax credits for which
	775	+	eligibility is certified or otherwise determined by the
	776	+	secretary or the secretary's designee; and
	777	+	U. the secretary of state or the secretary's
	778	+	designee, taxpayer information required to maintain voter
	779	+	registration records and as otherwise provided in the Election
	780	+	Code."
	781	+	SECTION 8. Section 70-2-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
	782	+	Chapter 71, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
	783	+	"70-2-12. ENUMERATION OF POWERS.--
	784	+	A. The oil conservation division of the energy,
	785	+	minerals and natural resources department may:
	786	+	(1) collect data;
	787	+	(2) make investigations and inspections;
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	816	+	(3) examine properties, leases, papers, books
	817	+	and records;
	818	+	(4) examine, check, test and gauge oil and gas
	819	+	wells, tanks, plants, refineries and all means and modes of
	820	+	transportation and equipment;
	821	+	(5) hold hearings;
	822	+	(6) provide for the keeping of records and the
	823	+	making of reports and for the checking of the accuracy of the
	824	+	records and reports;
	825	+	(7) limit and prorate production of crude
	826	+	petroleum oil or natural gas or both as provided in the Oil and
	827	+	Gas Act; and
	828	+	(8) require either generally or in particular
	829	+	areas certificates of clearance or tenders in connection with
	830	+	the transportation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or any
	831	+	products of either or both oil and products or both natural gas
	832	+	and products.
	833	+	B. The oil conservation division may make rules and
	834	+	orders for the purposes and with respect to the subject matter
	835	+	stated in this subsection:
	836	+	(1) to require dry or abandoned wells to be
	837	+	plugged in a way so as to confine the crude petroleum oil,
	838	+	natural gas or water in the strata in which it is found and to
	839	+	prevent it from escaping into other strata; pursuant to Section
	840	+	70-2-14 NMSA 1978, the division shall require financial
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	869	+	assurance conditioned for the performance of the rules;
	870	+	(2) to prevent crude petroleum oil, natural
	871	+	gas or water from escaping from strata in which it is found
	872	+	into other strata;
	873	+	(3) to require reports showing locations of
	874	+	all oil or gas wells and for the filing of logs and drilling
	875	+	records or reports;
	876	+	(4) to prevent the drowning by water of any
	877	+	stratum or part thereof capable of producing oil or gas or both
	878	+	oil and gas in paying quantities and to prevent the premature
	879	+	and irregular encroachment of water or any other kind of water
	880	+	encroachment that reduces or tends to reduce the total ultimate
	881	+	recovery of crude petroleum oil or gas or both oil and gas from
	882	+	any pool;
	883	+	(5) to prevent fires;
	884	+	(6) to prevent "blow-ups" and "caving" in the
	885	+	sense that the conditions indicated by such terms are generally
	886	+	understood in the oil and gas business;
	887	+	(7) to require wells to be drilled, operated
	888	+	and produced in such manner as to prevent injury to neighboring
	889	+	leases or properties;
	890	+	(8) to identify the ownership of oil or gas
	891	+	producing leases, properties, wells, tanks, refineries,
	892	+	pipelines, plants, structures and all transportation equipment
	893	+	and facilities;
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	922	+	(9) to require the operation of wells with
	923	+	efficient gas-oil ratios and to fix such ratios;
	924	+	(10) to fix the spacing of wells;
	925	+	(11) to determine whether a particular well or
	926	+	pool is a gas or oil well or a gas or oil pool, as the case may
	927	+	be, and from time to time to classify and reclassify wells and
	928	+	pools accordingly;
	929	+	(12) to determine the limits of any pool
	930	+	producing crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both and from
	931	+	time to time redetermine the limits;
	932	+	(13) to regulate the methods and devices
	933	+	employed for storage in this state of oil or natural gas or any
	934	+	product of either, including subsurface storage;
	935	+	(14) to permit the injection of natural gas or
	936	+	of any other substance into any pool in this state for the
	937	+	purpose of repressuring, cycling, pressure maintenance,
	938	+	secondary or any other enhanced recovery operations;
	939	+	(15) to regulate the disposition, handling,
	940	+	transport, storage, recycling, treatment and disposal of
	941	+	produced water during, or for reuse in, the exploration,
	942	+	drilling, production, treatment or refinement of oil or gas,
	943	+	including disposal by injection pursuant to authority delegated
	944	+	under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, in a manner that
	945	+	protects public health, the environment and fresh water
	946	+	resources;
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	975	+	(16) to determine the limits of any area
	976	+	containing commercial potash deposits and from time to time
	977	+	redetermine the limits;
	978	+	(17) to regulate and, where necessary,
	979	+	prohibit drilling or producing operations for oil or gas within
	980	+	any area containing commercial deposits of potash where the
	981	+	operations would have the effect unduly to reduce the total
	982	+	quantity of the commercial deposits of potash that may
	983	+	reasonably be recovered in commercial quantities or where the
	984	+	operations would interfere unduly with the orderly commercial
	985	+	development of the potash deposits;
	986	+	(18) to spend the oil and gas reclamation fund
	987	+	and do all acts necessary and proper to plug dry and abandoned
	988	+	oil and gas wells and to restore and remediate abandoned well
	989	+	sites and associated production facilities in accordance with
	990	+	the provisions of the Oil and Gas Act, the rules adopted under
	991	+	that act and the Procurement Code, including disposing of
	992	+	salvageable equipment and material removed from oil and gas
	993	+	wells being plugged by the state;
	994	+	(19) to make well price category
	995	+	determinations pursuant to the provisions of the federal
	996	+	Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 or any successor act and, by
	997	+	regulation, to adopt fees for such determinations, which fees
	998	+	shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per filing. Such
	999	+	fees shall be credited to the account of the oil conservation
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	1028	+	division by the state treasurer and may be expended as
	1029	+	authorized by the legislature;
	1030	+	(20) to regulate the construction and
	1031	+	operation of oil treating plants and to require the posting of
	1032	+	bonds for the reclamation of treating plant sites after
	1033	+	cessation of operations;
	1034	+	(21) to regulate the disposition of
	1035	+	nondomestic wastes resulting from the exploration, development,
	1036	+	production or storage of crude oil or natural gas to protect
	1037	+	public health and the environment; [and ]
	1038	+	(22) to regulate the disposition of
	1039	+	nondomestic wastes resulting from the oil field service
	1040	+	industry, the transportation of crude oil or natural gas, the
	1041	+	treatment of natural gas or the refinement of crude oil to
	1042	+	protect public health and the environment, including
	1043	+	administering the Water Quality Act as provided in Subsection E
	1044	+	of Section 74-6-4 NMSA 1978; and
	1045	+	(23) to require reporting and accounting of
	1046	+	each barrel of produced water from an oil or gas well for the
	1047	+	purpose of imposing the produced water barrel fee pursuant to
	1048	+	Section 70-13-6 NMSA 1978 ."
	1049	+	SECTION 9. Section 70-13-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019,
	1050	+	Chapter 197, Section 1) is amended to read:
	1051	+	"70-13-1. SHORT TITLE.--[Sections 1 through 5 of this
	1052	+	act] Chapter 70, Article 13 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the
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	1081	+	"Produced Water Act"."
	1082	+	SECTION 10. A new section of the Produced Water Act,
	1083	+	Section 70-13-6 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
	1084	+	"70-13-6. [NEW MATERIAL ] FEES--REGULATION AND
	1085	+	REPORTING.--
	1086	+	A. Until January 1, 2036, there is imposed on the
	1087	+	working interest owners of an oil or gas well in New Mexico a
	1088	+	fee of five cents ($.05) per barrel of produced water from the
	1089	+	oil or gas well, as reported to the taxation and revenue
	1090	+	department by the oil conservation division of the energy,
	1091	+	minerals and natural resources department, regardless of the
	1092	+	ultimate destination of that produced water, except for
	1093	+	produced water that is:
	1094	+	(1) used for enhanced or secondary oil;
	1095	+	(2) recycled or reused at a well or facility
	1096	+	that is permitted by the oil conservation division of the
	1097	+	energy, minerals and natural resources department; or
	1098	+	(3) for a use regulated by the water quality
	1099	+	control commission pursuant to the Water Quality Act and for
	1100	+	which a permit from the department of environment is required.
	1101	+	B. The fee imposed by this section may be referred
	1102	+	to as the "produced water fee" and shall be imposed, collected
	1103	+	and administered by the taxation and revenue department in
	1104	+	accordance with the provisions of the Tax Administration Act.
	1105	+	C. The owner or operator of an oil or gas well
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	1134	+	shall report the monthly production volume of produced water on
	1135	+	or before the fifteenth day of the second month following the
	1136	+	month of the production in the electronic form and manner
	1137	+	required by the oil conservation division of the energy,
	1138	+	minerals and natural resources department. An owner or
	1139	+	operator may apply to the oil conservation division for an
	1140	+	exemption from the electronic filing requirement based upon a
	1141	+	demonstration that such requirement would be an economic or
	1142	+	other hardship. Within sixty days of receiving this report,
	1143	+	the oil conservation division shall report the volume of
	1144	+	produced water from oil and gas wells to the taxation and
	1145	+	revenue department.
	1146	+	D. The produced water fee shall be paid to the
	1147	+	taxation and revenue department within sixty days of the
	1148	+	monthly volume report required pursuant to Subsection C of this
	1149	+	section, and the department shall promulgate rules to provide
	1150	+	for the required manner and form of collection of the produced
	1151	+	water fee.
	1152	+	E. All money received from the fees imposed
	1153	+	pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be delivered to
	1154	+	the state treasurer and deposited in the strategic water supply
	1155	+	program fund.
	1156	+	F. The oil conservation division of the energy,
	1157	+	minerals and natural resources department shall promulgate
	1158	+	rules for mandatory reporting and accounting of produced water
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	1187	+	from an oil or gas well."
	1188	+	SECTION 11. Section 72-12-26 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
	1189	+	Chapter 86, Section 2) is amended to read:
	1190	+	"72-12-26. NOTICE OF DRILLING--DEPTH AND LOCATION .--Any
	1191	+	person proposing to drill wells or recomplete existing wells to
	1192	+	appropriate waters referred to in Section [1 of this act ]
	1193	+	72-12-25 NMSA 1978 shall file a notice of intention to drill or
	1194	+	recomplete with the office of the state engineer in such form
	1195	+	as the state engineer shall prescribe and shall publish a
	1196	+	notice, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
	1197	+	which the proposed wells will be located once a week for three
	1198	+	consecutive weeks, stating the location and the proposed depth
	1199	+	of such wells, the purpose for which the water shall be used
	1200	+	and an estimate of the volume of water to be used. [Said ] The
	1201	+	wells shall not be drilled or recompleted prior to [10 ] ten
	1202	+	days after the last publication of [such ] the notice and until
	1203	+	the state engineer has determined that the use of water stated
	1204	+	in the notice will not impair existing water rights, be
	1205	+	contrary to the conservation of water within the state or be
	1206	+	detrimental to the public welfare of the state ."
	1207	+	SECTION 12. APPROPRIATIONS.--
	1208	+	A. Seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) is
	1209	+	appropriated from the general fund to the strategic water
	1210	+	supply program fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 and
	1211	+	subsequent fiscal years for the purposes of the fund. Any
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	1240	+	unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a
	1241	+	fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.
	1242	+	B. Twenty-eight million seven hundred fifty
	1243	+	thousand dollars ($28,750,000) is appropriated from the general
	1244	+	fund to the board of regents of the New Mexico institute of
	1245	+	mining and technology for expenditure in fiscal years 2026
	1246	+	through 2028 for aquifer monitoring and improved ground water
	1247	+	characterization. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
	1248	+	remaining at the end of fiscal year 2028 shall revert to the
	1249	+	general fund.
	1250	+	C. Four million dollars ($4,000,000) is
	1251	+	appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of
	1252	+	New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal years
	1253	+	2026 through 2028 for innovation, research, monitoring, support
	1254	+	and development of technology associated with potential
	1255	+	projects for a strategic water supply program grant or
	1256	+	contract. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
	1257	+	the end of fiscal year 2028 shall revert to the general fund.
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