0001| SENATE BILL 773
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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| TIMOTHY Z. JENNINGS
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO TOURISM; ABOLISHING THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT;
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0013| TRANSFERRING DUTIES OF THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT TO THE ECONOMIC
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0014| DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT; AMENDING, REPEALING AND ENACTING
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0015| SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. A new section of the Economic Development
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0019| Department Act is enacted to read:
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0020| "[NEW MATERIAL] ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF SECRETARY--PROMOTION OF TOURISM.--In addition to the secretary's
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0021| responsibility for the overall supervision of the department,
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0022| the secretary shall provide a coordinated statewide perspective
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0023| with regard to tourism activities; serve as a comprehensive
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0024| source of information and assistance to tourism-related
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0025| businesses wishing to do business in New Mexico; and monitor the
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0001| progress of state-supported tourism activities and prepare
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0002| annual reports of the activities, their status and their
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0003| impact."
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0004| Section 2. Section 9-15-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0005| Chapter 297, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0006| "9-15-4. DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED.--There is created in the
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0007| executive branch the "economic development department". The
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0008| department shall be a cabinet department and shall consist of,
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0009| but not be limited to, [seven] eight divisions as follows:
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0010| A. the administrative services division;
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0011| B. the economic development division;
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0012| C. the New Mexico film division;
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0013| D. the technology enterprise division;
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0014| E. the trade division;
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0015| F. the tourism division;
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0016| [F.] G. the state housing authority; and
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0017| [G.] H. the office for space commercialization."
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0018| Section 3. Section 9-15-35 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991,
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0019| Chapter 27, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0020| "9-15-35. PROGRAM CREATED--PURPOSES.--
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0021| A. The "New Mexico artisans business development
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0022| program" is created within the economic development [and
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0023| tourism] department to promote, in conjunction with the arts
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0024| division of the office of cultural affairs, the New Mexico
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0025| artisans industry by establishing a greater demand for New
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0001| Mexico artisans' wares and by providing technical and marketing
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0002| assistance to New Mexico artisans.
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0003| B. The purposes of the program shall include but not
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0004| be limited to the following:
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0005| (1) establishment of a not-for-profit
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0006| organization to carry out the objectives of the New Mexico
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0007| artisans business development program;
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0008| (2) educational workshops and seminars in
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0009| cooperation with the small business development centers for
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0010| artisans to assist the centers in the development of their
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0011| businesses and marketing of their wares;
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0012| (3) an assessment of a full range of marketing
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0013| strategies for artisan wares and relating those wares to target
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0014| markets;
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0015| (4) production of a promotional brochure of New
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0016| Mexico artisans and their products;
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0017| (5) development and publishing of a marketing
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0018| catalog of New Mexico artisans;
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0019| (6) establishment of a network of state and
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0020| national distribution points and gift and trade shows for the
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0021| promotion and export of New Mexico artisans' wares;
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0022| (7) development of a state and national
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0023| marketing and exhibitions calendar;
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0024| (8) participation in state and national
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0025| promotional shows by New Mexico artisans; and
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0001| (9) development of a marketing network with
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0002| private-sector distributors, catalog producers and retailers."
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0003| Section 4. Section 9-15-36 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991,
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0004| Chapter 27, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0005| "9-15-36. FUND CREATED.--There is created in the state
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0006| treasury the "New Mexico artisans business development fund".
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0007| The fund shall consist of money appropriated to the fund by the
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0008| legislature and any other revenues directed to the fund, such as
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0009| gifts, donations and grants. The fund shall be administered by
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0010| the economic development [and tourism] department and
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0011| expenditures may be made from the fund upon vouchers signed by
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0012| the secretary of economic development [and tourism] and
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0013| warrants issued by the secretary of finance and administration
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0014| for the purposes of the New Mexico artisans business development
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0015| program. Interest earned on balances in the fund shall be
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0016| credited to the fund."
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0017| Section 5. Section 16-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,
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0018| Chapter 245, Section 18, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019| "16-6-5. STATE FAIR COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVELY ATTACHED
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0020| TO [TOURISM] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.--The state
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0021| fair commission is administratively attached, as defined in the
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0022| Executive Reorganization Act, to the [tourism] economic
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0023| development department."
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0024| Section 6. Section 21-2-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
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0025| Chapter 54, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0001| "21-2-6. STATEWIDE PLANNING--PARTICIPATING AGENCIES AND
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0002| PERSONS.--
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0003| A. The state commission in carrying out its planning
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0004| activities for post-secondary education shall consult with and
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0005| invite the active participation of:
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0006| (1) representatives of post-secondary
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0007| educational institutions of the several types enumerated in
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0008| Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 21-2-2 NMSA 1978;
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0009| (2) the state board of education;
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0010| (3) the state department of public education;
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0011| (4) representatives of public and private
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0012| elementary and secondary schools;
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0013| (5) the secretary of labor;
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0014| [(6) the tourism department;
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0015| (7)] (6) the apprenticeship council;
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0016| [(8)] (7) the economic development
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0017| department;
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0018| [(9)] (8) the state advisory council on
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0019| vocational education;
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0020| [(10)] (9) the secretary of finance and
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0021| administration or his designee;
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0022| [(11)] (10) persons familiar with the
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0023| education needs of the disadvantaged, of the handicapped and of
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0024| minority groups;
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0025| [(12)] (11) representatives of business,
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0001| industry, organized labor and agriculture;
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0002| [(13)] (12) the general public; and
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0003| [(14)] (13) private in-state post-secondary
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0004| institutions.
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0005| B. Whenever the planning activities carried out
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0006| under the provisions of Section 21-2-5 NMSA 1978 are concerned
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0007| with the types of post-secondary education enumerated in
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0008| Subparagraphs (a) through (e) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A
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0009| of Section 21-2-2 NMSA 1978, the state commission shall directly
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0010| involve the state board of education and the state department of
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0011| public education in all planning activities."
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0012| Section 7. Section 21-19-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0013| Chapter 299, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0014| "21-19-10. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.--The economic
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0015| development department shall provide assistance to political
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0016| subdivisions of the state so that they can construct or
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0017| implement projects necessary to provide services that will
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0018| encourage the location of industry in the political
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0019| subdivisions. The department shall, for this purpose, make low-interest loans to political subdivisions of the state [with the
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0020| approval of the economic development and tourism commission
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0021| and] after coordination with the local government division of
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0022| the department of finance and administration pursuant to the New
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0023| Mexico Community Assistance Act."
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0024| Section 8. Section 60-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,
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0025| Chapter 245, Section 123, as amended) is amended to read:
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0001| "60-1-2. STATE RACING COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVELY ATTACHED
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0002| TO [TOURISM] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.--The state
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0003| racing commission is administratively attached, as defined in
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0004| the Executive Reorganization Act, to the [tourism] economic
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0005| development department."
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0006| Section 9. Section 73-23-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985 (1st
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0007| S.S.), Chapter 14, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0008| "73-23-3. CREATION OF STATE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY--MEMBERS--COMPENSATION--ORGANIZATION.--
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0009| A. There is created the "state transportation
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0010| authority", a body politic and corporate, subject to the
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0011| oversight of the legislature, consisting of the following
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0012| members:
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0013| (1) the secretary of highway and transportation
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0014| or his designee;
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0015| (2) the secretary of economic development or
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0016| his designee;
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0017| (3) the commissioner of public lands or his
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0018| designee;
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0019| (4) [the secretary of tourism or his designee;
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0020| (5)] the secretary of energy, minerals and
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0021| natural resources or his designee;
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0022| [(6)] (5) the secretary of environment or
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0023| his designee;
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0024| [(7)] (6) one Native American
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0025| representative appointed by the governor with the advice and
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0001| consent of the senate;
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0002| [(8)] (7) two representatives of the
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0003| transportation and mining industries appointed by the governor
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0004| with the advice and consent of the senate; and
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0005| [(9)] (8) three representatives of the
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0006| public at large, at least one of whom shall represent a
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0007| recognized environmental group, appointed by the governor with
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0008| the advice and consent of the senate.
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0009| B. The members of the state transportation authority
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0010| appointed by the governor shall serve for five-year terms. Any
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0011| vacancy occurring in the governor's appointed membership of the
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0012| authority shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the
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0013| unexpired term of the member. Members serving by virtue of
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0014| their offices shall serve terms coextensive with their terms in
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0015| that office, and their successors in office shall automatically
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0016| succeed them.
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0017| C. The members of the state transportation authority
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0018| shall elect a chairman and a secretary.
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0019| D. Actions of the state transportation authority
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0020| shall be taken only by a majority of the entire membership.
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0021| E. The state highway and transportation department,
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0022| the economic development department, the state land office, the
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0023| department of environment, [the tourism department] the
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0024| energy, minerals and natural resources department and other
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0025| executive departments of the state shall provide adequate staff
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0001| for the state transportation authority to carry out its duties.
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0002| F. The state transportation authority shall meet
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0003| quarterly and at such other times as the chairman may designate.
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0004| G. The attorney general's office shall provide legal
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0005| advice to the state transportation authority when requested.
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0006| H. The appointed members of the state transportation
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0007| authority shall receive compensation for their services as
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0008| provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act."
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0009| Section 10. TEMPORARY PROVISION.--On July 1, 1996:
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0010| A. all personnel, money, appropriations, records,
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0011| property, equipment and supplies of the tourism department shall
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0012| be transferred to the economic development department; and
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0013| B. all contracts and agreements of the tourism
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0014| department shall be binding and effective on the economic
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0015| development department.
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0016| Section 11. REPEAL.--Sections 9-15A-1 through 9-15A-9 NMSA
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0017| 1978 (being Laws 1991, Chapter 21, Sections 1 through 7 and Laws
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0018| 1993, Chapter 101, Sections 10 and 11, as amended) are repealed.
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0019| Section 12. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0020| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0023| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0024| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0002| FEBRUARY 8, 1996
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0004| Mr. President:
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0006| Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0008| SENATE BILL 773
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0010| has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0011| TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the PUBLIC
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0012| AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0019| __________________________________
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0020| SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman
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0024| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0003| Date ________________________
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