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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico Appropriates $650,000 to Pay Prior-Year Tribal Infrastructure Contractor Obligation
Last action · January 29, 2026: Sent to HTPWC - Referrals: HTPWC/HAFCSponsor: Gail Armstrong
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What This Bill Proposed
New Mexico appropriates $650,000 from the tribal infrastructure project fund to the department of finance and administration to pay an unpaid to a contractor.
The measure directs existing state funds to settle a specific past financial obligation owed to a contractor under tribal infrastructure project 23TIF11.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Finance and Administration
The department receives the $650,000 appropriation and is responsible for disbursing it to pay the prior-year contractor obligation.
Contractor for tribal infrastructure project 23TIF11
Eligible to receive payment for the previously unpaid obligation pursuant to notice of obligation number 3.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 29, 2026HouseCommitteeSent to HTPWC - Referrals: HTPWC/HAFC
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
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