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<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">As reported in Legislative Bulletin #20, The Governor signed SB 275, the Capital Outlay Projects bill, providing $1.576 billion in projects statewide. In reviewing the library projects
in SB 275, it was discovered that there were actually 43</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> library-related projects, rather than 42. The total funding was $7,634,000. The omitted project was at the San Pedro Branch of the Albuquerque
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">In addition, the Legislative Finance Committee compiled and released a list of the amount each legislator allocated for each project. A legislator might submit many projects in
their original Capital Outlay Request, but at mid-session they have to choose which projects and what amounts they will actually choose to fund. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The attached chart updates the chart from Legislative Bulletin #20. It adds in columns I-P the names of the legislators who funded library projects and how much they allocated.
Below line 60, there are lists showing legislators who funded library projects, and a list of the top ten funders. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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cmail20.com</a> , </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Fri, Mar 29, 1:58</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">PM </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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