New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB206 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 04/08/2025

                            HB 206/ec
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AN ACT
RELATING TO FINANCE; AUTHORIZING THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE
AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS OR GRANTS FROM THE WATER PROJECT FUND
FOR CERTAIN WATER PROJECTS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1.  AUTHORIZATION OF QUALIFYING WATER 
PROJECTS.--Pursuant to Section 72-4A-9 NMSA 1978, the
legislature authorizes the New Mexico finance authority to
make loans or grants from the water project fund to the
following qualifying entities for the following qualifying
water projects on terms and conditions established by the
water trust board and the New Mexico finance authority:
1.  to the Pueblo of Acoma in Cibola county for a
storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
2.  to the city of Alamogordo in Otero county for a
water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water
project and for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water
project;
3.  to the city of Albuquerque in Bernalillo county
for a flood prevention project and for a storage, conveyance
or delivery of water project;
4.  to the Albuquerque-Bernalillo county water
utility authority in Bernalillo county for a water
conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water HB 206/ec
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project;
5.  to the city of Aztec in San Juan county for a
storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
6.  to the town of Bernalillo in Sandoval county
for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
7.  to the Blanco mutual domestic water consumers
and mutual sewage works association in San Juan county for a
storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
8.  to the city of Bloomfield in San Juan county
for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
9.  to the Bosque Gardens mutual domestic water
consumers association in Valencia county for a storage,
conveyance or delivery of water project;
10.  to the Cedar Creek mutual domestic water
consumers association in Lincoln county for a storage,
conveyance or delivery of water project;
11.  to Cibola county for a flood prevention
project; 
12.  to the village of Cloudcroft in Otero county
for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
13.  to the Colfax soil and water conservation
district in Colfax county for a watershed restoration and
management project;
14.  to the village of Columbus in Luna county for
a flood prevention project and for a storage, conveyance or HB 206/ec
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delivery of water project;
15.  to the city of Deming in Luna county for a
water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water
project, a flood prevention project and two storage,
conveyance or delivery of water projects;
16.  to the village of Des Moines water system in
Union county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water
project;
17.  to Dona Ana county for a flood prevention
project; 
18.  to the Dona Ana mutual domestic water
consumers association in Dona Ana county for two storage,
conveyance or delivery of water projects;
19.  to the eastern New Mexico water utility
authority in Curry county for a storage, conveyance or
delivery of water project;
20.  to the EMWT regional water association in
Torrance county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of
water project;
21.  to the city of Espanola in Rio Arriba and
Santa Fe counties for three storage, conveyance or delivery
of water projects;
22.  to the town of Estancia in Torrance county for
a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
23.  to the city of Farmington in San Juan county HB 206/ec
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for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
24.  to the Flora Vista mutual domestic water
association in San Juan county for three storage, conveyance
or delivery of water projects;
25.  to the city of Gallup in McKinley county for a
storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
26.  to the Pueblo of Isleta in Bernalillo county
for a water conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of
water project;
27.  to the city of Las Cruces in Dona Ana county
for three storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
28.  to the village of Logan in Quay county for a
storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
29.  to Los Alamos county for two storage,
conveyance or delivery of water projects;
30.  to the village of Los Ranchos in Bernalillo
county for a water conservation or recycling, treatment or
reuse of water project;
31.  to the Lumberton mutual domestic water
consumers association in Rio Arriba county for a storage,
conveyance or delivery of water project;
32.  to Luna county for a flood prevention project;
33.  to the Lybrook mutual domestic water consumers
association in Rio Arriba county for a storage, conveyance or
delivery of water project; HB 206/ec
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34.  to McKinley county for a flood prevention
project;
35.  to the Mescalero Apache Tribe in Otero county
for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
36.  to the middle Rio Grande conservancy district
in Bernalillo county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of
water project;
37.  to the Nogal mutual domestic water consumers
association in Lincoln county for a storage, conveyance or
delivery of water project;
38.  to the Pena Blanca water and sanitation
district in Sandoval county for a storage, conveyance or
delivery of water project;
39.  to the Penasco mutual domestic water consumers
and mutual sewage works association in Taos county for a
storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
40.  to the Pendaries Village mutual domestic water
consumers association in San Miguel county for a storage,
conveyance or delivery of water project;
41.  to the city of Portales in Roosevelt county
for two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
42.  to the Quemado Lake water association in
Catron county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water
project;
43.  to the Regina mutual domestic water consumers HB 206/ec
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association in Sandoval county for a storage, conveyance or
delivery of water project;
44.  to the Rio Chiquito mutual domestic water
consumers and mutual sewage works association in Rio Arriba
and Santa Fe counties for a storage, conveyance or delivery
of water project;
45.  to the Rio Embudo mutual domestic water
consumers association in Rio Arriba county for a storage,
conveyance or delivery of water project;
46.  to the Rio Lucio mutual domestic water
consumers association in Taos county for a storage,
conveyance or delivery of water project;
47.  to the Rosedale mutual domestic water
consumers association in Grant county for a water
conservation or recycling, treatment or reuse of water
project;
48.  to the village of Ruidoso in Lincoln county
for a flood prevention project and three storage, conveyance
or delivery of water projects;
49.  to the city of Ruidoso Downs in Lincoln county
for a storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
50.  to the San Juan soil and water conservation
district in San Juan county for a watershed restoration and
management project;
51.  to the San Luis Cabezon mutual domestic water HB 206/ec
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consumers association in Sandoval county for two storage,
conveyance or delivery of water projects;
52.  to the city of Santa Fe in Santa Fe county for
two storage, conveyance or delivery of water projects;
53.  to the Sile mutual domestic water consumers
association in Sandoval county for a storage, conveyance or
delivery of water project;
54.  to the Sky Country Estates mutual domestic
water consumers association in Otero county for a storage,
conveyance or delivery of water project;
55.  to the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood
control authority in Sandoval county for a flood prevention
project;
56.  to the Storrie Project water users association
in San Miguel county for a storage, conveyance or delivery of
water project;
57.  to the city of Sunland Park in Dona Ana county
for two flood prevention projects;
58.  to the city of Texico in Curry county for a
storage, conveyance or delivery of water project;
59.  to the city of Truth or Consequences in Sierra
county for a flood prevention project;
60.  to the upper Rio Grande watershed district in
Rio Arriba county for a flood prevention project;
61.  to the Ute Creek soil and water conservation HB 206/ec
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district in Harding county for a watershed restoration and
management project; and
62.  to el Valle de Los Ranchos water and
sanitation district in Taos county for two storage,
conveyance or delivery of water projects.
SECTION 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
peace, health and safety that this act take effect
immediately.