DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 2026

HB0003

HOUSE BILL 3

57
th legislature
-
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
- SECOND SESSION,
2026

INTRODUCED BY

Art De La Cruz
and
Raymundo Lara

AN ACT

MAKING GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES BY STATE AGENCIES REQUIRED BY LAW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation Appropriation

Act of 2026".

SECTION 2.
DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Department of Transportation Appropriation Act of 2026:

A. "agency" means an office, department, agency, institution, board, bureau, commission,

court, district attorney, council or committee of state government;

B. "explanatory" means information that can help users to understand reported performance
measures and to evaluate the significance of underlying factors that may have affected the reported
information;

C. "federal funds" means any payments by the United States government to state government or
agencies except those payments made in accordance with the federal Mineral Leasing Act;

D. "general fund" means that fund created by Section 6-4-2 NMSA 1978 and includes federal
Mineral Leasing Act receipts and those payments made in accordance with the federal block grant and the
federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 but excludes the general fund operating reserve, the appropriation
contingency fund, the tax stabilization reserve and any other fund, reserve or account from which general
appropriations are restricted by law;

E. "interagency transfers" means revenue, other than internal service funds, legally
transferred from one agency to another;

F. "internal service funds" means:

(1) revenue transferred to an agency for the financing of goods or services to another
agency on a cost-reimbursement basis; and

(2) balances in agency internal service fund accounts appropriated by the

Department of Transportation Appropriation Act of 2026;

G. "other state funds" means:

(1) nonreverting balances in agency accounts, other than in internal service fund
accounts, appropriated by the Department of Transportation Appropriation Act of 2026;

(2) all revenue available to agencies from sources other than the general fund, internal
service fund accounts, interagency transfers and federal funds; and

(3) all revenue, the use of which is restricted by statute or agreement;

H. "outcome" means the measure of the actual impact or public benefit of a program;

I. "output" means the measure of the volume of work completed or the level of actual services
or products delivered by a program;

J. "performance measure" means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess a
program;

K. "quality" means the measure of the quality of a good or service produced and is often an
indicator of the timeliness, reliability or safety of services or products produced by a program;

L. "revenue" means all money received by an agency from sources external to that agency, net of
refunds and other correcting transactions, other than from issue of debt, liquidation of investments or as
agent or trustee for other governmental entities or private persons; and

M. "target" means the expected level of performance of a program's performance measures.

SECTION 3.
FORMAT.--The general format of the appropriations set forth in the Department of
Transportation Appropriation Act of 2026 with respect to symbols used, column headings and stating of
amounts is that used in the General Appropriation Act of 2025.

SECTION 4.
FISCAL YEAR 2027 APPROPRIATIONS.--

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:

(1) Project design and construction:

The purpose of the project design and construction program is to provide improvements and additions to the
state's highway infrastructure to serve the interest of the general public. These improvements include
those activities directly related to highway planning, design and construction necessary for a complete
system of highways in the state.

Appropriations:

(a)

Personal services and

employee benefits

36,358.3

1,873.3

38,231.6

(b)

Contractual services

3,294.6

3,294.6

(c)

Other

1,511.1

1,511.1

(d)

Plan, study, design, right-

of-way acquisition, road

construction and

rehabilitation

93,802.9

462,563.3

556,366.2

(e)

Transportation project

fund

55,790.0

55,790.0

(f)

Local governments road

fund

28,965.0

28,965.0

(g)

Debt service

53,385.3

69,703.4

123,088.7

Subtotal

273,107.2

534,140.0

807,247.2

Performance measures:

(a)

Outcome:

Percent of projects in production let to bid as scheduled

75%

(b)

Quality:

Percent of final cost-over-bid amount, less gross receipts

tax, on highway construction projects

3%

(c)

Outcome:

Percent of projects completed according to schedule

88%

(2) Highway operations:

The highway operations program is responsible for maintaining and providing improvements to the state's
highway infrastructure that serve the interest of the general public. The maintenance and improvements
include those activities directly related to preserving roadway integrity and maintaining open highway
access throughout the state system. Some examples include bridge maintenance and inspection, snow removal,
chip sealing, erosion repair, right-of-way mowing and litter pick up, among numerous other activities.

Appropriations:

(a)

Personal services and

employee benefits

164,545.2

3,000.0

167,545.2

(b)

Contractual services

1,647.4

1,647.4

(c)

Other

42,103.9

42,103.9

(d)

Roadway maintenance

contracts

61,602.3

61,602.3

(e)

Roadway maintenance

supplies and materials

38,394.2

38,394.2

(f)

Equipment purchases

10,043.3

10,043.3

Subtotal

318,336.3

3,000.0

321,336.3

Performance measures:

(a)

Output:

Number of statewide pavement lane miles preserved

3,500

(b)

Outcome:

Percent of interstate lane miles rated fair or better

91%

(c)

Outcome:

Number of combined systemwide lane miles in poor condition

4,000

(d)

Outcome:

Percent of bridges in fair, or better, condition based on

deck area

95%

(3) Program support:

The purpose of program support is to provide management and administration of financial and human resources,
custody and maintenance of information and property and the management of construction and maintenance
projects.

Appropriations:

(a)

Personal services and

employee benefits

37,759.1

37,759.1

(b)

Contractual services

1,800.0

1,800.0

(c)

Other

16,223.2

16,223.2

Subtotal

55,782.3

55,782.3

Performance measures:

(a)

Explanatory:

Vacancy rate of all programs

(4) Modal:

The purpose of the modal program is to provide federal grants management and oversight of programs with
dedicated revenues, including transit and rail, traffic safety and aviation.

Appropriations:

(a)

Personal services and

employee benefits

3,949.7

7,180.0

1,858.3

12,988.0

(b)

Contractual services

20,026.2

700.0

12,712.9

33,439.1

(c)

Other

2,345.7

1,120.0

5,108.5

8,574.2

(d)

Air service assistance

program

9,785.6

9,785.6

(e)

Transit grants

33,226.3

33,226.3

Subtotal

36,107.2

9,000.0

52,906.0

98,013.2

The internal service funds/interagency transfer appropriations to the modal program of the department of
transportation include eight million seven hundred thousand dollars ($8,700,000) from the weight distance
tax identification permit fund.

Performance measures:

(a)

Outcome:

Number of traffic fatalities

400

(b)

Outcome:

Number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities

140.

TOTAL TRANSPORTATION

683,333.0

9,000.0

590,046.0 1,282,379.0

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