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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Ruiz
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/7/06
2/12/06 HJM 55/aHFl#1
SHORT TITLE Construction Industries Growth Task Force
SB
ANALYST McOlash/Medina
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
None
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)
Regulation and Licensing Department/Construction Industries Division (CID)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HFl Amendment # 1
House Floor Amendment #1 to House Joint Memorial 55 adds the American Subcontractors’ As-
sociation of New Mexico to the task force that the joint memorial requests be formed.
Synopsis of House Joint Memorial 55
House Joint Memorial 55 requests the Governor to form a task force to study the relationship be-
tween funding and industry growth and to determine how the Occupational Health and Safety
Bureau (OHSB) can effectively respond to growth and declines in the construction industry.
The task force members will include:
- The Bureau Chief of OHSB
- Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) or designee
- Associated General Contractors Building Branch Partnership
- Associated Builders and Contractors of New Mexico
- National Utility Contractors Association of NM Alliance
- Other members as appointed by the Governor
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House Joint Memorial Bill 55/aHFl#1 - Page 2
The findings and recommendation report is due to the Governor, NM Department of Environ-
ment, State Budget Division of DFA, and the Legislative Finance Committee by August 1, 2006.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
OSHB oversees workplace health and safety regulations to major private industries like oil and
gas, construction, utility, manufacturing, on-site trucking and agriculture. It also regulates public
entities like schools, villages, local government and state government.
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