HB 323

                                1  HOUSE BILL 323
                                2      57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026
                                3  INTRODUCED BY
                                4  Pamelya Herndon
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                                10  AN ACT
                                11   MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF BROADBAND ACCESS AND
                                12   EXPANSION TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME PERSONS LIVING IN LOW-POPULATION
                                13   AREAS OR ON INDIAN NATION, TRIBE OR PUEBLO LAND TO HAVE ACCESS
                                14   TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND SERVICE.
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                                16   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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                                17        SECTION 1.   APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars
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                                18   ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
                                19   office of broadband access and expansion for expenditure in
                                20   fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years to assist
                                21   low-income persons to have access to affordable broadband
                                22   service when those persons live in an unincorporated area or in
                                23   a city, a town or an incorporated area with a population of
                                24   twenty thousand or less as reflected in the most recent federal
                                25   decennial census; on land within the exterior boundaries of a
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                                1    reservation or pueblo grant of an Indian nation, tribe or
                                2    pueblo; or on land held in trust by the United States for an
                                3    Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.   Any unexpended balance
                                4    remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the
                                5    general fund.
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