{"id":1416,"date":"2007-03-15T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-16T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/03\/richardson-leaves-capital-outlay-bill-intact\/"},"modified":"2007-03-15T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-16T03:15:00","slug":"richardson-leaves-capital-outlay-bill-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/03\/richardson-leaves-capital-outlay-bill-intact\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson leaves capital outlay bill intact"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Gov. Bill Richardson<\/a> left intact a $622-million capital outlay package<\/a> approved by lawmakers in signing it this evening. <\/p>\n

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The decision to not veto any funding in the bill might offset some of the vetoes I wrote about earlier this evening that might upset some lawmakers. Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> did chop some words from funding items, but left the funding intact.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have signed this capital outlay package without any vetoes as a sign of good will, and I urge the Legislature to move quickly to pass the remaining priorities, including minimum wage, tax cuts, ethics reform, GRIP II and the housing authority reform bill,\u201d Richardson said in a news release.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a copy of the governor\u2019s message to the Senate:<\/p>\n

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March 15, 2007<\/p>\n

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SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 49<\/p>\n

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The Honorable Ben D. Altamirano and<\/p>\n

Members of the Senate<\/p>\n

State<\/st1:placetype> Capitol<\/st1:placename> Building<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><\/p>\n

Santa Fe<\/st1:city>, New Mexico<\/st1:state> 87501<\/st1:postalcode><\/st1:place><\/p>\n

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Honorable President Pro Tempore Altamirano and Members of the Senate:<\/p>\n

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I am pleased to sign Senate Bill 827 which prioritizes investments in water, public education, and economic development projects throughout New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>. I congratulate the Legislature for its diligent work and bipartisan efforts to make these projects a reality for the people of our State. We have a balanced budget, fiscally responsible reserves and, with this capital package, we are investing in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s communities.<\/p>\n

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This bill includes initiatives such as $6.5 million for community water projects, $10 million for Indian water rights settlements, more than $10 million for tribal infrastructure and colonias, funding to establish a super computing facility in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, and a $20 million supplement to the more than $170 million going to public school facilities.<\/p>\n

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However, our capital outlay process still demands reform. Senate Bill 827 includes more than 600 projects with funding of less than $50,000. While some of these projects address critical needs, such as the purchase of an ambulance, many provide only partial funding for projects that ultimately are delayed. <\/p>\n

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Although I did not veto any capital projects from this bill, I will continue to push for a more deliberative process for allocating our capital resources to projects that meet the needs of local communities and address important policy objectives.<\/p>\n

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I this day sign and return:<\/p>\n

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SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 827, as amended<\/p>\n

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Enacted during the Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Session, 2007, and except the following item or items, part or parts, which I hereby veto pursuant to the authority granted me in Article IV, Section 22 of the Constitution of New Mexico:<\/p>\n

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On page 14, on line 9, after the semicolon, I have vetoed the remainder of the line, and I have vetoed lines 10 through 11.<\/p>\n

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On page 15, I have vetoed all of lines 11 through 13.<\/p>\n

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On page 35, on line 18 I have vetoed the words \u201cscience and mathematics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On page 240, on line 17 I have vetoed the word \u201cnear\u201d and on line 18, I have vetoed the words \u201cAnderson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> fields.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Respectfully yours, <\/p>\n

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Bill Richardson<\/p>\n

Governor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. Bill Richardson left intact a $622-million capital outlay package approved by lawmakers in signing it this evening. The decision to not veto any funding in the bill might offset some of the vetoes I wrote about earlier this evening that might upset some lawmakers. Richardson did chop some words from funding items, but left […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}