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HOUSE BILL 459
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
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2025
INTRODUCED BY
Joanne J. Ferrary and Cristina Parajón and Kristina Ortez
and Kathleen Cates
AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR
A PROGRAM AT THE INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOR RESEARCH
INTO AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ABOUT POLLINATORS TO SUPPORT A
HEALTHY HABITAT AND CONSERVATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million five hundred
thousand dollars ($1,500,000) is appropriated from the general
fund to the higher education department for expenditure in
fiscal years 2026 through 2028 for a program at the institute
of American Indian arts in Santa Fe in Santa Fe county for
research into and education and outreach about pollinators to
support a healthy habitat and conservation of pollinators in a
way that is consistent with recommendations made in the report
prepared pursuant to House Memorial 33 of the second session of
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the fifty-sixth legislature; provided that no more than one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) shall be used for
indirect costs necessary to administer the programs. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
fiscal year 2028 shall revert to the general fund.
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