A governmental entity shall not submit an application pursuant to the Ground Water Storage and Recovery Act and the state engineer shall not process an application, issue a regulation pursuant to that act or implement any part of that act unless the state engineer has been appropriated enough money or has sufficient resources to carry out the provisions of that act. History: Laws 1999, ch. 285, § 17. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1999, ch. 285 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 1999, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
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