0001|                        SENATE BILL 106
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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|                     ELIZABETH T. STEFANICS
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO INSURANCE; INCREASING DISTRIBUTIONS TO MUNICIPAL AND
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0013|     COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM THE FIRE PROTECTION FUND; AMENDING
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0014|     THE FIRE PROTECTION FUND LAW; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING
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0015|     AN EMERGENCY.
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0016|     
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|       Section 1.  Section 59A-53-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
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0019|     Chapter 127, Section 975, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|       "59A-53-4.  CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF NEEDS.--In making
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0021|     the <s>[foregoing]</s> determination of needs <u>pursuant to Section
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<u></u>0022| <u>    59A-53-3 NMSA 1978</u>, the marshal shall first determine that each
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0023|     incorporated municipality to be certified has maintained an
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0024|     official fire department created by, and regulated in accordance
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0025|     with, a duly enacted ordinance for a period of at least one year
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0001|     prior to the date of certification and possesses fire equipment
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0002|     and apparatus in serviceable condition to respond to a fire
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0003|     incident.  The marshal shall also determine the number of fire
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0004|     stations and substations located in each municipality to be
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0005|     certified and shall certify to the state treasurer for each
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0006|     municipality for maintaining a single fire station and
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0007|     substations, if any, which meet the requirements of the marshal
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0008|     and the requirements of this section, and in accordance with the
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0009|     class insurance rating it maintains, amounts not to exceed the
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0010|     following:
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0011|              class              <s>[mainstation]</s> <u>main station</u>     substation
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0012|             number 1                   <s>[$51,843]</s> <u>$72,580</u>    <s>[$19,211]</s>
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0013|     <u>$26,895</u>
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0014|             number 2                    <s>[48,026]</s> <u>67,236</u>      <s>[17,930]</s> 
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0015|     <u>25,102</u>
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0016|             number 3                    <s>[44,184]</s> <u>61,858</u>      <s>[16,649]</s> 
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0017|     <u>23,309</u>
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0018|             number 4                    <s>[40,341]</s> <u>56,477</u>      <s>[15,368]</s> 
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0019|     <u>21,515</u>
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0020|             number 5                    <s>[38,419]</s> <u>53,787</u>      <s>[14,088]</s> 
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0021|     <u>19,723</u>
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0022|             number 6                    <s>[36,499]</s> <u>51,099</u>      <s>[12,807]</s> 
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0023|     <u>17,930</u>
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0024|             number 7                    <s>[34,578]</s> <u>48,409</u>      <s>[12,168]</s> 
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0025|     <u>17,035</u>
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0001|             number 8                    <s>[32,658]</s> <u>45,721</u>      <s>[11,527]</s> 
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0002|     <u>16,138</u>
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0003|             number 9                    <s>[24,333]</s> <u>34,066</u>      <s>[9,610]</s>
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0004|     <u>13,454</u>
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0005|             number 10                   <s>[21,771]</s> <u>30,479</u>        none."
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0006|          Section 2.  Section 59A-53-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0007|     Chapter 312, Section 5) is amended to read:
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0008|          "59A-53-5.  ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY FIRE DISTRICTS.--
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0009|               A.  The county commissioners of any county may
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0010|     establish one or more county fire districts within the county
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0011|     but outside the corporate limits of any municipality.  The
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0012|     marshal shall determine the number of fire stations and
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0013|     substations located in each county to be certified and shall
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0014|     certify to the state treasurer for each county for maintaining a
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0015|     single fire station and substations, if any, which meet the
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0016|     requirements of the marshal and the requirements of this
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0017|     section, and in accordance with the class insurance rating it
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0018|     maintains, amounts not to exceed the following:
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0019|              class              <s>[mainstation]</s> <u>main station</u>    substation
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0020|             number 1                   <s>[$51,843]</s> <u>$72,580</u>    <s>[$19,211]</s>
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0021|     <u>$26,895</u>
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0022|             number 2                    <s>[48,026]</s> <u>67,236</u>      <s>[17,930]</s> 
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0023|     <u>25,102</u>
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0024|             number 3                    <s>[44,184]</s> <u>61,858</u>      <s>[16,649]</s> 
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0025|     <u>23,309</u>
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0001|             number 4                    <s>[40,341]</s> <u>56,477</u>      <s>[15,368]</s> 
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0002|     <u>21,515</u>
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0003|             number 5                    <s>[38,419]</s> <u>53,787</u>      <s>[14,088]</s> 
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0004|     <u>19,723</u>
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0005|             number 6                    <s>[36,499]</s> <u>51,099</u>      <s>[12,807]</s> 
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0006|     <u>17,930</u>
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0007|             number 7                    <s>[34,578]</s> <u>48,409</u>      <s>[12,168]</s> 
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0008|     <u>17,035</u>
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0009|             number 8                    <s>[32,658]</s> <u>45,721</u>      <s>[11,527]</s> 
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0010|     <u>16,138</u>
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0011|             number 9                    <s>[24,333]</s> <u>34,066</u>      <s>[9,610]</s>
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0012|     <u>13,454</u>
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0013|             number 10                   <s>[21,771]</s> <u>30,479</u>        none,
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0014|     upon establishing, to the satisfaction of the marshal, the
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0015|     following:
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0016|                    (1)  the county fire district has maintained an
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0017|     official fire department for a period of at least one year,
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0018|     established and governed by appropriate resolution of the board
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0019|     of county commissioners of the county in which the county fire
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0020|     district is located, and possesses fire apparatus and equipment
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0021|     in serviceable condition to respond to a fire incident;
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0022|                    (2)  the geographic limits and boundaries of the
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0023|     county fire district have been clearly defined and established
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0024|     by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the
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0025|     county fire district is located, and a plat showing the
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0001|     geographic limits and boundaries has been accepted by the board
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0002|     of county commissioners and filed as part of the official record
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0003|     of proceedings of the board and a certified copy thereof filed
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0004|     with the marshal; and
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0005|                    (3)  there is available within the geographic
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0006|     limits and boundaries of the county fire district an adequate
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0007|     water supply to be used in connection with the fire-fighting
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0008|     facilities of the county fire district.
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0009|               B.  The county commissioners of any county may permit
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0010|     a county fire district located in the county to service an area
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0011|     adjacent and contiguous to the district but within another
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0012|     county; provided that the county commissioners of the other
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0013|     county shall consent by resolution duly adopted to the service
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0014|     and to the boundaries of the other area serviced.  Before
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0015|     commencement of service, a plat showing the geographic limits
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0016|     and boundaries of the county district and of the additional area
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0017|     to be serviced shall be filed with and approved by the marshal. 
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0018|     The county commissioners of either the county in which the
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0019|     county district is located or of the county in which the area
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0020|     being serviced is located may terminate the service but only
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0021|     with the approval of the marshal."
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0023|   
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0024|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0025|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0003|                                              JANUARY 22, 1996
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0005|   Mr. President:
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0007|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0008|   
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0009|                           SENATE BILL 106
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0010|   
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0011|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0012|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the WAYS AND
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0013|   MEANS COMMITTEE.
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0015|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0020|                              __________________________________
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0021|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0025|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0001|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0004|                     Date ________________________
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