0001|                        SENATE BILL 436
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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|                            DON KIDD
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE
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0013|     WHETHER PRICE FIXING OF ATTORNEYS' FEES EXISTS IN NEW MEXICO.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|       Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Twenty-five thousand dollars
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0017|     ($25,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the attorney
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0018|     general for expenditure in fiscal year 1997 for the purpose of
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0019|     investigating whether price fixing or antitrust violations exist
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0020|     in the legal profession in New Mexico.  The attorney general
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0021|     shall investigate whether certain ethical rules restrict
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0022|     competition, whether attorneys engage in anticompetitive actions
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0023|     to avoid price competition and whether it is appropriate for
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0024|     lawyers to restrict entry into their profession.  The attorney
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0025|     general is encouraged to use non-attorneys in the investigation
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0001|     and to request voluntary disclosure of fees, salaries and
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0002|     profits from attorneys statewide.  Any unexpended or
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0003|     unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1997
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0004|     shall revert to the general fund.
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0007|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0008|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0011|                                              JANUARY 29, 1996
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0013|   Mr. President:
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0015|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0016|   
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0017|                           SENATE BILL 436
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0019|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0020|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the FINANCE
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0021|   COMMITTEE.
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0023|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0003|                              __________________________________
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0004|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0008|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0009|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0012|                     Date ________________________
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0018|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0019|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0022|                                                  February 13, 1996
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0024|   Mr. President:
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0001|     Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0002|   
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0003|                           SENATE BILL 436
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0005|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0006|   it DO PASS.
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0008|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0013|                              Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0017|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0018|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0022|                     Date ________________________
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0025|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u>4 </u> Against
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0001|   Yes:  5
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0002|   No:        Altamirano, Donisthorpe, Macias, Sanchez, 
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0003|   Excused:   Aragon, Fidel, Jennings T., Nava 
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0004|   Absent:    None
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