0001|                         HOUSE BILL 690
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                       PAULINE K. GUBBELS
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; CHANGING PROVISIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY FOR
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0013|     EDUCATION ACT TO INCLUDE ACCREDITED PRIVATE SCHOOLS; AMENDING
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0014|     SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|       Section 1.  Section 22-15A-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0018|     Chapter 96, Section 4) is amended to read:
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0019|       "22-15A-4.  BUREAU DUTIES.--In accordance with the policies
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0020|     and regulations of the state board, the bureau shall:
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0021|            A.  administer the provisions of the Technology for
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0022|     Education Act;
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0023|            B.  develop a statewide plan for the integration of
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0024|     educational technology into the public schools <u>and accredited
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<u></u>0025| <u>    private schools</u> and coordinate technology-related education
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0001|     activities with other state agencies, the federal government,
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0002|     business consortia and public or private agencies or
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0003|     individuals;
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0004|            C.  assist school districts to develop and implement
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0005|     a strategic, long-term plan for utilizing educational technology
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0006|     in the <u>local</u> school system;
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0007|            D.  upon approval of a school district's technology
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0008|     plan, make distributions to school districts <u>and accredited
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<u></u>0009| <u>    private schools</u> from the educational technology fund;
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0010|            E.  recommend funding mechanisms that will support
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0011|     the development and maintenance of an effective educational
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0012|     technology infrastructure in the state;
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0013|            F.  promote collaboration among government, business,
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0014|     educational organizations and telecommunications entities to
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0015|     expand and improve the use of technology in education;
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0016|            G.  assess and determine the educational technology
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0017|     needs of school districts <u>and accredited private schools within
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<u></u>0018| <u>    the districts</u>; and 
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0019|            H.  provide staff support for and coordinate the
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0020|     activities of the council."
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0021|       Section 2.  Section 22-15A-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0022|     Chapter 96, Section 5) is amended to read:
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0023|       "22-15A-5.  COUNCIL ON TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION--CREATED--PURPOSE.--The "council on technology in education" is created. 
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0024|     The council shall advise the bureau, the state board and the
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0025|     legislature regarding the establishment of appropriate
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0001|     educational technology standards, technology-enhanced curricula,
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0002|     instruction, appropriations for educational technology and
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0003|     administrative resources and services for the public schools
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0004|     <u>and accredited private schools</u>."
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0005|       Section 3.  Section 22-15A-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0006|     Chapter 96, Section 6) is amended to read:
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0007|       "22-15A-6.  COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP.--
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0008|            A.  The council shall be composed of seventeen
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0009|     members.  Members shall be appointed by the state board for
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0010|     terms of four years.  As designated by the state board at the
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0011|     time of initial appointment, the terms of five members shall
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0012|     expire at the end of two years, the terms of five members shall
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0013|     expire at the end of three years, and the terms of seven members
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0014|     shall expire at the end of four years.
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0015|            B.  When appointing members, the state board shall
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0016|     appoint:
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0017|                 (1)  one member who shall have expertise in
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0018|     state government;
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0019|                 (2)  three members who shall have expertise in
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0020|     school district administration;
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0021|                 (3)  two members who shall have expertise in
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0022|     providing instructional services in post-secondary, technical-vocational or adult education;
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0023|                 (4)  three members who shall have expertise in
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0024|     providing instructional services in elementary or secondary
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0025|     schools, <u>one of whom shall have expertise in the accredited
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<u></u>0001| <u>    private school sector</u>;
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0002|                 (5)  two members who shall be parents of school-age children;
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0003|                 (6)  one member who shall be a public school
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0004|     secondary student;
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0005|                 (7)  three members who shall have expertise in
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0006|     educational technology; and
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0007|                 (8)  two members at large.
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0008|            C.  In making appointments to the council, the state
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0009|     board shall give due consideration to gender and ethnicity to
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0010|     achieve a membership representative of the geographic and
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0011|     cultural diversity of New Mexico.
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0012|            D.  Members of the council shall elect a chairman
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0013|     from among the membership.  The council shall meet at the call
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0014|     of the chairman not less than quarterly.
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0015|            E.  Members of the council shall receive per diem and
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0016|     mileage pursuant to the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage
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0017|     Act, but shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or
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0018|     allowance."
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0019|       Section 4.  Section 22-15A-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0020|     Chapter 96, Section 7) is amended to read:
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0021|       "22-15A-7.  COUNCIL DUTIES.--The council shall:
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0022|            A.  advise the bureau on implementation of the
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0023|     provisions of the Technology for Education Act;
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0024|            B.  work with the bureau to conduct periodic
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0025|     assessments of the need for educational technology in the public
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0001|     school system <u>and in accredited private schools</u> and make
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0002|     recommendations to the state board on how to meet those needs;
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0003|            C.  promote the collaborative development and
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0004|     implementation of educational technologies, projects and
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0005|     practices to enhance instruction capabilities;
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0006|            D.  develop and recommend to the state board a
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0007|     statewide plan to infuse educational technology into the public
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0008|     school system <u>and in accredited private schools</u> in support of
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0009|     state and national education goals; and
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0010|            E.  provide assistance to the bureau in review of
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0011|     school district technology plans."
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0012|       Section 5.  Section 22-15A-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0013|     Chapter 96, Section 9) is amended to read:
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0014|       "22-15A-9.  EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FUND--DISTRIBUTION.--
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0015|            A.  Upon annual review and approval of a school
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0016|     district's educational technology plan, the bureau shall
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0017|     determine a separate distribution from the educational
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0018|     technology fund for each school district <u>and accredited private
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<u></u>0019| <u>    schools in the district</u>.
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0020|            B.  On or before July 31 of each year, the bureau
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0021|     shall distribute money in the educational technology fund
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0022|     directly to each school district <u>and accredited private school
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<u></u>0023| <u>    in the district</u> in an amount equal to ninety percent of the
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0024|     district's estimated entitlement <u>and each accredited private
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<u></u>0025| <u>    school's estimated entitlement</u> as determined by the projected
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0001|     membership for the school year.  A school district's entitlement
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0002|     <u>and an accredited private school's entitlement</u> is that portion
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0003|     of the total amount of the annual appropriation that the
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0004|     projected membership <u>of the district or the accredited private
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<u></u>0005| <u>    school</u> bears to the projected membership of the state. 
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0006|     Kindergarten membership shall be calculated on a one-half 
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0007|     full-time-equivalent basis.
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0008|            C.  On or before January 30 of each year, the bureau
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0009|     shall recompute each entitlement using the final funded
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0010|     membership <u>for school districts and forty-day membership for
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<u></u>0011| <u>    accredited private schools</u> for that year and shall allocate the
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0012|     balance of the annual appropriation adjusting for any over- or
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0013|     under-projection of membership.
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0014|            D.  Any school district <u>or accredited private
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<u></u>0015| <u>    school</u> receiving funding pursuant to the Technology for
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0016|     Education Act is responsible for the purchase, distribution, use
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0017|     and maintenance of educational technology.
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0018|            E.  As used in this section, "membership" means the
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0019|     total <u>school district</u> enrollment of qualified students, as
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0020|     defined in the Public School Finance Act, <u>or forty-day
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<u></u>0021| <u>    membership for accredited private schools</u> on the current roll
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0022|     of class or school on a specified day.  The current roll is
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0023|     established by the addition of original entries and re-entries
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0024|     minus withdrawals.  Withdrawal of students, in addition to
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0025|     students formally withdrawn from the public school <u>or
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<u></u>0001| <u>    accredited private school</u>, includes students absent from the
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0002|     public school <u>or accredited private school</u> for as many as ten
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0003|     consecutive school days."
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0004|       Section 6.  Section 22-15A-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0005|     Chapter 96, Section 10) is amended to read:
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0006|       "22-15A-10.  ANNUAL REPORT.--Annually, at a time specified
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0007|     by the department of education, each local school district <u>and
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<u></u>0008| <u>    each accredited private school</u> receiving distributions from the
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0009|     educational technology fund shall file a report with the
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0010|     department of education regarding distributions received,
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0011|     expenditures made and educational technology obtained by the
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0012|     district <u>and accredited private schools</u> and such other related
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0013|     information as may be required by the department of education."
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0015|                                                        State of New Mexico
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0016|                    House of Representatives
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0017|   
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0018|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0019|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0020|   
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0021|                                              February 2, l996
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0022|   
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0023|   
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0024|   Mr. Speaker:
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0025|   
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0001|       Your RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE, to
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0002|   whom has been referred
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0003|   
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0004|                         HOUSE BILL 690
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0005|                                 
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0006|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be
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0007|   GERMANE in accordance with constitutional provisions.
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0008|   
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0009|                                Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0014| <u>  </u>                            Barbara A. Perea Casey,
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0015|   Chairperson
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0018|   Adopted <u>                    </u>    Not Adopted <u>                     
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<u></u>0019| <u>  </u>
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0020|            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0022|                      Date <u>            </u>
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0024|   The roll call vote was<u> 8 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0025|   Yes:          8
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0001|   Excused: Nicely, Olguin, Pederson, Picraux, Rodella,
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0002|   J. G. Taylor, Wallach
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0003|   Absent:  None
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0005|   H0690RC1
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