If District 6 state Sen. Bobby Gonzales successfully carries a bill through the current 60-day session of the Legislature, and it's signed into law, the Village of Taos Ski Valley could find itself within a special watershed district.

Senate Bill 384 proposes an appropriation of $100,000 to "plan, develop and create the Rio Hondo Watershed District." There's no proposed map of the watershed district's boundaries publicly available. But such special districts are defined in state statute as a political subdivision formed within a soil and water conservation district "for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs relating to any phase of conservation of water, or of water usage, including water-based recreation, flood prevention, flood control, erosion prevention and control of erosion, and floodwater and sediment damages."

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