0001| SENATE BILL 689
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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| MANNY M. ARAGON
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO STATE BUDGETS; PROVIDING FOR REDUCTION OF STATE
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0013| BUDGETS DURING FISCAL YEAR 1996 UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS;
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0014| IMPOSING GUIDELINES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. AUTHORITY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO REDUCE EXECUTIVE
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0018| BRANCH BUDGETS.--If the governor finds that revenues and
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0019| transfers to the general fund in fiscal year 1996, excluding
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0020| transfers to the general fund operating reserve, the
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0021| appropriation contingency fund or the state support reserve
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0022| fund, are not sufficient to meet fiscal year 1996
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0023| appropriations, then, pursuant to the guidelines specified in
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0024| Section 7 of this act, he is authorized to:
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0025| A. reduce the recurring general fund portion of the
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0001| budgets of the following agencies by the specified amounts:
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0002| (1) the taxation and revenue department by one
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0003| million two hundred twelve thousand seven hundred dollars
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0004| ($1,212,700);
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0005| (2) the state investment council by twenty-two
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0006| thousand dollars ($22,000);
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0007| (3) the department of finance and
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0008| administration by two hundred eighty-four thousand one hundred
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0009| dollars ($284,100);
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0010| (4) the special appropriation to the department
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0011| of finance and administration for DWI grants by one hundred
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0012| forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars ($148,500);
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0013| (5) the special appropriation to the department
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0014| of finance and administration for the council of governments by
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0015| eight thousand four hundred dollars ($8,400);
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0016| (6) the commission on information and
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0017| communication management by sixty-eight thousand nine hundred
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0018| dollars ($68,900);
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0019| (7) the general services department by two
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0020| hundred seventy-one thousand eight hundred dollars ($271,800);
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0021| (8) the criminal and juvenile justice
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0022| coordinating council by seventy thousand dollars ($70,000);
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0023| (9) the office of the governor by eighty-five
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0024| thousand dollars ($85,000);
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0025| (10) the office of the lieutenant governor by
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0001| eleven thousand three hundred dollars ($11,300);
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0002| (11) the state commission of public records by
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0003| forty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500);
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0004| (12) the personnel board by one hundred
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0005| thirteen thousand one hundred dollars ($113,100);
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0006| (13) the public employee labor relations board
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0007| by eight thousand one hundred dollars ($8,100);
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0008| (14) the border authority by seven thousand
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0009| three hundred dollars ($7,300);
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0010| (15) the tourism department by one hundred
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0011| thirty-nine thousand one hundred dollars ($139,100);
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0012| (16) the economic development department by
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0013| three hundred sixteen thousand six hundred dollars ($316,600);
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0014| (17) the regulation and licensing department by
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0015| two hundred ninety-two thousand two hundred dollars ($292,200);
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0016| (18) the New Mexico apple commission by two
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0017| thousand two hundred dollars ($2,200);
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0018| (19) the office of cultural affairs by four
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0019| hundred ninety-two thousand eight hundred dollars ($492,800);
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0020| (20) the New Mexico livestock board by twenty-four thousand seven hundred dollars ($24,700);
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0021| (21) the department of game and fish by ten
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0022| thousand five hundred dollars ($10,500);
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0023| (22) the endangered species program by five
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0024| thousand eight hundred dollars ($5,800);
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0025| (23) the energy, minerals and natural resources
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0001| department by five hundred seventy-two thousand four hundred
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0002| dollars ($572,400);
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0003| (24) the state engineer by three hundred
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0004| seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars ($317,800);
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0005| (25) the New Mexico public utility commission
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0006| by one hundred nineteen thousand seven hundred dollars
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0007| ($119,700);
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0008| (26) the organic commodity commission by one
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0009| thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800);
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0010| (27) the commission on the status of women by
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0011| eleven thousand two hundred dollars ($11,200);
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0012| (28) the commission for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons by ten thousand four hundred dollars ($10,400);
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0013| (29) the Martin Luther King, Jr. commission by
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0014| five thousand seven hundred dollars ($5,700);
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0015| (30) the New Mexico office of Indian affairs by
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0016| thirty-one thousand eight hundred dollars ($31,800);
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0017| (31) the labor department by fifty-two thousand
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0018| three hundred dollars ($52,300);
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0019| (32) the governor's committee on concerns of
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0020| the handicapped by fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000);
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0021| (33) the department of environment by three
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0022| hundred eighty-one thousand one hundred dollars ($381,100);
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0023| (34) the office of natural resources trustee by
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0024| six thousand two hundred dollars ($6,200);
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0025| (35) the New Mexico health policy commission by
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0001| fifty-eight thousand two hundred dollars ($58,200);
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0002| (36) the New Mexico veterans' service
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0003| commission by forty thousand seven hundred dollars ($40,700);
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0004| (37) the juvenile parole board by twenty-four
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0005| thousand one hundred dollars ($24,100);
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0006| (38) the crime victims reparation commission by
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0007| fifty thousand two hundred dollars ($50,200);
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0008| (39) the department of public safety by one
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0009| million three hundred sixty-three thousand nine hundred dollars
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0010| ($1,363,900);
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0011| (40) the state department of public education
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0012| by two hundred forty-five thousand four hundred dollars
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0013| ($245,400);
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0014| (41) the special projects and apprenticeship
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0015| programs of the state department of public education by one
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0016| hundred fourteen thousand dollars ($114,000);
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0017| (42) adult basic education by ninety thousand
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0018| dollars ($90,000); and
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0019| (43) the administration of the commission on
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0020| higher education by thirty-four thousand six hundred dollars
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0021| ($34,600);
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0022| B. reduce the budget of public school support by the
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0023| amount of the fiscal year 1996 appropriation that remains
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0024| undistributed after the December 1 count is finalized;
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0025| C. transfer eight hundred thousand dollars
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0001| ($800,000) of the cash balance in the motor pool account of the
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0002| general services department to the general fund appropriation
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0003| account;
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0004| D. reduce the budget of each executive agency by the
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0005| amount saved by that agency due to rate reductions implemented
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0006| by the general services department; provided that the total
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0007| reductions in budgets under this subsection shall equal one
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0008| million one hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,140,000); and
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0009| E. transfer one million two hundred fifty-four
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0010| thousand dollars ($1,254,000) of the excess cash balances in the
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0011| account of the department of health to the general fund
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0012| appropriation account.
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0013| Section 2. AUTHORITY FOR ELECTED STATE OFFICIALS TO REDUCE
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0014| BUDGETS.--Upon notification by the governor that revenues and
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0015| transfers to the general fund in fiscal year 1996, excluding
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0016| transfers to the general fund operating reserve, the
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0017| appropriation contingency fund or the state support reserve
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0018| fund, are not sufficient to meet fiscal year 1996
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0019| appropriations, then, pursuant to Section 7 of this act, each of
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0020| the following elected officials is authorized to reduce budgets
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0021| for fiscal year 1996 by the indicated amounts:
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0022| A. the attorney general by two hundred ninety
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0023| thousand four hundred dollars ($290,400);
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0024| B. the state auditor by forty-four thousand three
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0025| hundred dollars ($44,300);
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0001| C. the secretary of state by sixty-one thousand one
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0002| hundred dollars ($61,100);
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0003| D. the state treasurer by seventy-eight thousand one
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0004| hundred dollars ($78,100); and
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0005| E. the commissioner of public lands by two hundred
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0006| fifty thousand three hundred dollars ($250,300).
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0007| Section 3. AUTHORITY TO REDUCE JUDICIAL BRANCH BUDGETS.--Upon notification by the governor that revenues and transfers to
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0008| the general fund in fiscal year 1996, excluding transfers to the
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0009| general fund operating reserve, the appropriation contingency
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0010| fund or the state support reserve fund, are not sufficient to
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0011| meet fiscal year 1996 appropriations, then, pursuant to Section
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0012| 7 of this act, the chief justice of the supreme court is
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0013| authorized to reduce by two million four hundred eighty-three
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0014| thousand five hundred dollars ($2,483,500) the judicial branch
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0015| budgets for fiscal year 1996. For purposes of this section,
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0016| judicial branch agencies are the supreme court, the
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0017| administrative office of the courts, the magistrate courts, the
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0018| court of appeals, the district courts, the Bernalillo county
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0019| metropolitan court, the supreme court law library, the supreme
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0020| court building commission, the judicial standards commission,
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0021| the New Mexico compilation commission, district attorneys and
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0022| the administrative office of the district attorneys.
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0023| Section 4. AUTHORITY TO REDUCE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
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0024| BUDGETS.---Upon notification by the governor that revenues and
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0025| transfers to the general fund in fiscal year 1996, excluding
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0001| transfers to the general fund operating reserve, the
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0002| appropriation contingency fund or the state support reserve
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0003| fund, are not sufficient to meet fiscal year 1996
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0004| appropriations, then, pursuant to Section 7 of this act, the New
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0005| Mexico legislative council is authorized to reduce legislative
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0006| budgets for fiscal year 1996 by two hundred ninety-six thousand
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0007| dollars ($296,000).
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0008| Section 5. AUTHORITY TO REDUCE THE BUDGETS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.--Upon notification by the
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0009| governor that revenues and transfers to the general fund in
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0010| fiscal year 1996, excluding transfers to the general fund
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0011| operating reserve, the appropriation contingency fund or the
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0012| state support reserve fund, are not sufficient to meet fiscal
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0013| year 1996 appropriations, then, pursuant to Section 7 of this
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0014| act, the governing board of each of the following institutions
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0015| is authorized to reduce budgets by the specified amount:
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0016| A. the university of New Mexico by three million six
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0017| hundred thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars ($3,633,400);
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0018| B. New Mexico state university by two million three
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0019| hundred seventy-five thousand two hundred dollars ($2,375,200);
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0020| C. New Mexico highlands university by three hundred
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0021| thirty-nine thousand two hundred dollars ($339,200);
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0022| D. western New Mexico university by two hundred
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0023| forty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($241,500);
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0024| E. eastern New Mexico university by five hundred
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0025| fifty-four thousand eight hundred dollars ($554,800);
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0001| F. New Mexico institute of mining and technology by
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0002| four hundred thirty-nine thousand three hundred dollars
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0003| ($439,300);
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0004| G. northern New Mexico state school by one hundred
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0005| sixteen thousand dollars ($116,000);
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0006| H. Santa Fe community college by one hundred ten
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0007| thousand seven hundred dollars ($110,700);
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0008| I. Albuquerque technical-vocational institute by
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0009| five hundred thirty-nine thousand three hundred dollars
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0010| ($539,300);
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0011| J. Luna vocational-technical institute by one
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0012| hundred five thousand nine hundred dollars ($105,900);
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0013| K. Mesa technical college by thirty-seven thousand
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0014| one hundred dollars ($37,100);
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0015| L. New Mexico junior college by eighty-six thousand
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0016| five hundred dollars ($86,500);
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0017| M. San Juan college by one hundred eighteen thousand
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0018| six hundred dollars ($118,600);
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0019| N. Clovis community college by one hundred twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars ($123,800); and
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0020| O. New Mexico military institute by twenty-five
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0021| thousand eight hundred dollars ($25,800).
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0022| Section 6. BUDGET REDUCTION GUIDELINES.--In making a
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0023| budget reduction authorized by this act, the person making the
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0024| reduction shall:
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0025| A. avoid adverse effects upon revenue collection
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0001| activities;
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0002| B. identify any potential losses of federal matching
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0003| funds and avoid identified losses;
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0004| C. avoid the elimination of filled positions and, to
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0005| the maximum extent practicable, avoid layoffs, reductions in
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0006| force, furloughs or terminations of employees; and
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0007| D. protect the health, safety and welfare of New
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0008| Mexicans.
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0009| Section 7. BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.--In order to effectuate a
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0010| budget reduction authorized by this act an agency may request a
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0011| budget adjustment pursuant to Sections 6-3-23 through 6-3-25
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0012| NMSA 1978 notwithstanding any limitations in the General
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0013| Appropriation Act of 1995.
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0014| Section 8. REPORTS.--By June 30, 1996, each person
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0015| authorized to reduce budgets under this act shall submit a
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0016| report to the legislative finance committee showing:
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0017| A. the amount, by organizational unit and category,
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0018| of each budget reduction made pursuant to this act; and
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0019| B. a detailed explanation of how the guidelines in
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0020| Section 7 of this act were followed.
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0021| Section 9. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0022| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0025| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0001| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0004| JANUARY 31, 1996
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0006| Mr. President:
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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 689
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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 FINANCE
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0014| 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| February 12, 1996
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0017| Mr. President:
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0019| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0020|
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0021| SENATE BILL 689
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0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0024| it DO PASS.
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0001| Respectfully submitted,
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0005| __________________________________
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0006| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0010| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0015| Date ________________________
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0018| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0019| Yes: 8
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0020| No: 0
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0021| Excused: Donisthrope, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar
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0022| Absent: None
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