underscored material = new [bracketed material] = delete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 SENATE BILL 479 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY William P. Soules AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER RAILROAD IN NEW MEXICO. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of transportation for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to study the feasibility of constructing a high-speed passenger railroad in New Mexico. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund. .229635.1