March 6, 2001

SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number __1____ to SENATE BILL 169, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Senator Patrick H. Lyons

1. Strike Senate Conservation Committee Amendments 3, 6 and 7.

2. On page 2, line 23, strike "eighteen ex-officio" and insert in lieu thereof "fifteen".

3. On page 4, strike lines 1 through 5 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

"(1) the state engineer or his designee, who shall be the chairman of the board;

(2) the executive director of the New Mexico finance authority;

(3) the secretary of environment or his designee;

(4) the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources or his designee;

(5) the director of the department of game and fish or his designee;

(6) the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture or his designee;

(7) the executive director of the New Mexico municipal league or his designee;

(8) the executive director of the New Mexico association of counties or his designee;

(9) five public members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate and who represent:

(a) the environmental community;

(b) an irrigation or conservancy district that uses surface water;

(c) an irrigation or conservancy district that uses ground water;

(d) acequia water users; and

(e) soil and water conservation districts;

(10) one public member appointed by the commission on Indian affairs; and

(11) the president of the Navajo Nation or his designee.".

4. On page 4, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following new subsections:

"C. Each public member of the board appointed by the governor shall be appointed to a four-year term. To provide for staggered terms, two of the initially governor-appointed public members shall be appointed for terms of two years and three members for terms of four years. Thereafter, all governor-appointed members shall be appointed for four-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term.

D. Public members of the board shall be reimbursed for attending meetings of the board as provided for nonsalaried public officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.

E. Public members of the board are appointed public officials of the state while carrying out their duties and activities under the Water Project Finance Act.".

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Patrick H. Lyons

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 (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

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