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Senate rejects amendment to strip $10 million for Las Cruces clinic, passes capital reauthorization bill
Summary
The Senate voted down a floor amendment that would have removed a $10 million item tied to a Las Cruces clinic from a large capital‑projects reauthorization, then approved the reauthorization (House Taxation & Revenue Committee substitute for HB332) without an emergency clause.
The Senate on the floor voted down a proposal to remove a $10 million line item tied to a Las Cruces clinic from a broad capital‑projects reauthorization, then approved the reauthorization bill without an emergency clause.
Senate floor amendment No. 1 to the House Taxation and Revenue Committee substitute for HB332 — offered by Senator William E. Scherer — would have struck a single $10,000,000 reauthorization intended originally for building or buying a clinic in Las Cruces. Scherer told colleagues, "This $10,000,000 was to build…
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