Santa Fe County could see an injection of more than $14 million in state money for a variety of brick-and-mortar projects if capital-outlay legislation clears the Legislature.

The dollars earmarked for Santa Fe County in House Bill 191 would pay for projects ranging from renovations to the Manuel Lujan building on St. Francis Drive to parking lot improvements at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Fe, an analysis of House Bill 191 found. But it needs Gov. Susana Martinez's signature.

And she didn't sound happy with the bill's current form Tuesday. Martinez repeatedly has criticized the way lawmakers divvy up money to pay for small projects in their districts, and has talked of changing how New Mexico pays for brick-and-mortar projects, which some also call "pork."

The bill, sponsored by Santa Fe Democratic Rep. Jim Trujillo, earmarks about $31.5 million for statewide projects, which would benefit all of New Mexico. But Martinez said it wasn't nearly enough and that she was thinking of vetoing -- or killing -- the $130 million bill.

"It is a possibility that I can veto the budget and that I can veto the capital outlay. Both of them are huge possibilities if we don't start putting the bigger projects in front of the interest of taking a little pork home," the governor said midday Tuesday.

State lawmakers should spend money on statewide projects, "not a swing set that we are bonding against for 10 years," the governor added.

The House Taxation and Revenue Committee passed the bill Monday night, and it is now scheduled to go to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee. It must pass both the House and the Senate and has a better shot of passing than most bills. That's because it provides money for projects in state lawmakers' districts, giving them something to point to this November when they face re-election.

A quick analysis of HB 191 on Tuesday found about 45 projects earmarked for Santa Fe County. It's difficult to know which lawmakers sought which project. A summary of the bill's projects by sponsor, or the lawmaker who requested them, was not publicly available Tuesday, officials at the Legislative Council Service said.

Each House member gets nearly $500,000, and each senator about $700,000, officials said.

Although it's difficult to track who sponsored what project, comparing capital-outlay requests local lawmakers filled out early in the session against the projects that made it into the bill offers some insight into the process.

House Speaker Ben Luján, D-Nambé, requested money for several projects appearing in the bill, including improvements to Acequia de la Otra Banda and improvements to Pojoaque Pueblo facilities.

Santa Fe Democratic Rep. Luciano "Lucky" Varela, meanwhile, requested money for the Santa Fe Indian School Cultural Center and for athletic facilities in Santa Fe, which are both in the legislation.

Senators Nancy Rodriguez and Peter Wirth, both Democrats, sought money for phone system upgrades for the Santa Fe Public School District, among other things. And Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, requested money for water-system improvements that would help the Apache Canyon Mutual Domestic Water Consumers, which is in the bill.

Trujillo said earlier in the week that the projects in his bill were shovel ready.

That's important. In the past, when New Mexico doled out money, some weren't finished quickly or didn't draw down the appropriated funds for years.

Sometimes, that was because the projects weren't priorities for the cities or counties that won the awards. At other times, the projects languished because a lawmaker left the Legislature and his or her successor didn't track the project through to completion.

Several years ago, the Legislature's budget arm, the Legislative Finance Committee, found that more than $1 billion appropriated for projects had not been spent despite the passage of several years.

Contact Trip Jennings at 986-3050 or at tjennings@sfnewmexican.com.