0001|                         SENATE BILL 24
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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|                        PATRICK H. LYONS
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0009|         FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE
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0010|     
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION; AUTHORIZING THE USE OF
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0013|     CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FOR OTHER TRANSPORTATION-RELATED
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0014|     SERVICES.
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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 22-8-26 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
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0018|     Chapter 16, Section 76, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019|       "22-8-26.  TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTION.--
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0020|            A.  Money in the transportation distribution of the
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0021|     public school fund shall be used only for the purpose of making
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0022|     payments to each school district for the to and from school
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0023|     transportation costs of students in grades kindergarten through
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0024|     twelve attending public school within the school district and of
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0025|     three- and four-year-old children who meet the state board
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0001|     approved criteria and definition of developmentally disabled and
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0002|     for transportation of students to and from their regular
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0003|     attendance centers and the place where vocational education
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0004|     programs are being offered.
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0005|            B.  In the event a school district's transportation
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0006|     allocation exceeds the amount required to meet obligations to
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0007|     provide to and from transportation, three- and four-year-old
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0008|     developmentally disabled transportation and vocation education
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0009|     transportation, the district shall <s>[revert]</s> <u>use the</u>
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0010|     remaining transportation funds <s>[to the transportation
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<s></s>0011| <s>    distribution in the department]</s> <u>for other transportation-related services.  The district shall submit a report to the
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<u></u>0012| <u>    department of education regarding expenditures for other
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<u></u>0013| <u>    transportation-related services, pursuant to Section 22-8-29
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<u></u>0014| <u>    NMSA 1978.</u> 
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0015|            C.  In the event the sum of the proposed
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0016|     transportation allocations to each school district exceeds the
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0017|     amounts in the transportation distribution, the allocation to
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0018|     each school district shall be reduced in the proportion that the
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0019|     local school district allocation bears to the total statewide
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0020|     transportation distribution.
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0021|            D.  Local school boards, with the approval of the
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0022|     state transportation director, may provide additional
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0023|     transportation services pursuant to Section 22-16-2 NMSA 1978 to
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0024|     meet established program needs."
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0025|       Section 2.  Section 22-8-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
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0001|     Chapter 16, Section 78, as amended) is amended to read:
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0002|       "22-8-29.  TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTIONS--REPORTS--PAYMENTS.--
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0003|            A.  Prior to November 15 of each year, each local
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0004|     school board of a school district shall report to the state
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0005|     transportation director, upon forms furnished by the state
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0006|     transportation director, the following information concerning
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0007|     the district's operation on the fortieth day of school:
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0008|                 (1)  the number and designation of school bus
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0009|     routes in operation in the school district; 
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0010|                 (2)  the number of miles traveled by each school
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0011|     bus on each school bus route, showing the route mileage in
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0012|     accordance with the type of road surface traveled;
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0013|                 (3)  the number of students transported on the
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0014|     fortieth day of school;
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0015|                 (4)  the projected number of students to be
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0016|     transported in the next school year;
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0017|                 (5)  the percentage of unpaved or unimproved
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0018|     roads <s>[utilized]</s> <u>used</u> by school buses in the school
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0019|     district; <s>[and]</s>
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0020|                 (6)  the seating capacity, age and mileage of
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0021|     each bus <s>[utilized]</s> <u>used</u> in the district for student
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0022|     transportation; <u>and</u>
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0023|                 <u>(7)  prior year expenditures for other
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<u></u>0024| <u>    transportation-related services made from remaining
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<u></u>0025| <u>    transportation funds.</u>
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0001|            B.  Each local school board of a school district
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0002|     maintaining a school bus route shall make further reports to the
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0003|     state transportation director at other times specified by the
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0004|     state transportation director.  
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0005|            C.  The state transportation director shall certify
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0006|     to the state superintendent that the allocations from the
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0007|     transportation distributions to each school district are based
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0008|     upon the transportation distribution formula established in the
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0009|     Public School Code.  The allocations for the first six months of
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0010|     a school year shall be based upon the tentative transportation
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0011|     budget of the school district for the current fiscal year. 
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0012|     Allocations to a school district for the remainder of the school
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0013|     year shall adjust the amount received by the school district so
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0014|     that it equals the amount the school district is entitled to
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0015|     receive for the entire school year based upon the November 15
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0016|     report and subject to audit and verification.
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0017|            D.  The department shall make periodic installment
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0018|     payments to school districts during the school year from the
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0019|     transportation distributions, based upon the allocations
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0020|     certified by the state transportation director."
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0021|       Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0022|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0023|                                - 4 -  
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0024|   
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0025|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0001|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0004|                                              JANUARY 22, 1996
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0005|   
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0006|   Mr. President:
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0007|   
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0008|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0009|   
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0010|                           SENATE BILL 24
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0011|   
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0012|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0013|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the
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0014|   CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
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0016|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0021|                              __________________________________
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0022|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0001|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0002|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0005|                     Date ________________________
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0011|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0012|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0015|                                                   January 30, 1996
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0017|   Mr. President:
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0018|   
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0019|     Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to whom
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0020|   has been referred
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0021|   
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0022|                           SENATE BILL 24
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0023|   
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0024|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0025|   it DO PASS, and thence referred to the  EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
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0002|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0007|                              Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman 
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0011|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0012|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0015|                     Date ________________________
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0018|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0019|   Yes:  6
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0020|   No:        0
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0021|   Excused:   Kidd, McKibben, Reagan
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0022|   Absent:    0
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0004|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0005|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996                SB 24/a
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0008|                                                   February 6, 1996
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0010|   Mr. President:
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0011|   
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0012|     Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0013|   
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0014|                           SENATE BILL 24
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0015|   
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0016|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0017|   it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0018|   
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0019|     1.  On page 2, line 10, strike the word "other".
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0020|   
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0021|     2.  On page 2, line 12, strike the word "other".
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0022|   
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0023|     3.  On page 3, line 23, strike the word "other",
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0024|   
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0025|   and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
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0002|                  Respectfully submitted,
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0006|                  __________________________________
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0007|                  Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman 
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0011|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0012|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0015|                     Date ________________________
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0018|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0019|   Yes:  6
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0020|   No:     0
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0021|   Excused:   Benavides, Carraro, Maloof, Scott
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0022|   Absent: None
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