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Gov’s signature sidelines Gila diversion group Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 6, 2021 Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 200 into law Monday. Titled “Water Trust Board Projects and N.M. Unit Fund,” the law, which was passed by the Legislature during its regular session, assigns the advisory role over how $80 million reserved for water projects in southwest New Mexico is spent to the N.M. Water Trust Board, while simultaneously prohibiting the money from being spent on a Gila River diversion. The New Mexico Entity of the Cen...

After hot debate, county backs anti-diversion bill Written by Geoffrey Plant on March 15, 2021 Copious time was again spent on the Gila River diversion group’s fate at last week’s regular meeting of the Grant County Commission. Discussion at the Thursday meeting was dominated by arguments for and against a nonbinding resolution in support of legislation that seeks to place the state Water Trust Board into the role currently played by the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, advising the state on how ...

March 10, 2021 Most SWNM solons oppose bill to sideline diversion group Written by Geoffrey Plant on March 10, 2021 (Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant) Last month, District 38 state Rep. Rebecca Dow and District 39 state Rep. Luis Terrazas, both Republicans representing parts of Grant County, spoke against HB 200, “Water Trust Board Projects and N.M. Unit Fund,” ahead of a House vote on the legislation. The proposal seeks to sideline the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project from its proposed future role as a regional water aut...

Anti-diversion bill heads to House Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 24, 2021 With the majority Democratic members of two key state legislative committees recommending in hearings over consecutive Saturdays that a House bill to sideline the Gila River diversion group “do pass,” the future of the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project has never looked so imperiled. As the bill, titled “Water Trust Board Projects and N.M. Unit Fund,” heads to the House floor for a vote as soon as this week, N.M. CAP Entity Executive Director...

Bill to sideline diversion group passes committee Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 17, 2021 A bill that seeks to sideline the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project received a “do pass” recommendation by the state House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee on Saturday in a 5-3 party-line vote. Committee member and District 15 Democratic state Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil attended Saturday’s hearing but did not cast a vote regarding House Bill 200. District 50 N.M. Rep. Matthew McQueen, sponsor of the bill, titled “Water ...