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HOUSE BILL 288
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Sarah Silva
AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF
OPTIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN CHAPARRAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local
government division of the department of finance and
administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to provide a
grant-in-aid to the southeastern council of governments to
conduct a study on the feasibility and costs of options for
local governance in Chaparral, an unincorporated community,
including incorporating as a municipality of the state pursuant
to Sections 3-2-1 and 3-2-2 NMSA 1978, creating a new county or
moving the line between Otero and Dona Ana counties. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.
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