SB 79

                                1  SENATE BILL 79
                                2      57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  Nicole Tobiassen and Mimi Stewart and Harlan Vincent
                                5  and Heather Berghmans and Carrie Hamblen
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR
                                12   MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE, PREVENTION AND MITIGATION.
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                                14   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
                                15        SECTION 1.   APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars
                                16   ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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                                17   department of health for expenditure in fiscal years 2027 and
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                                18   2028 for mosquito surveillance, prevention and mitigation.     The
                                19   department of health may use up to one million five hundred
                                20   thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to provide grants to local
                                21   governments and state educational institutions enumerated in
                                22   Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico for
                                23   mosquito surveillance, prevention and mitigation projects.     Any
                                24   unexpended balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2028
                                25   shall revert to the general fund.
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