0001|                        SENATE BILL 790
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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|                          STUART INGLE
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS; IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS
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0013|     ON OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL BY PUBLIC OFFICERS, OFFICIALS AND
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0014|     EMPLOYEES.
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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.  A new section of the Per Diem and Mileage Act
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0018|     is enacted to read:
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0019|       "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  PRIOR APPROVAL OF OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL
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0020|     REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRED.--
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0021|            A.  No public officer, public official or employee of
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0022|     a state agency shall be reimbursed for any expense of out-of-state travel by that officer, official or employee unless the
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0023|     state agency has received prior approval of the travel from the
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0024|     state board of finance.  The board shall adopt regulations
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0025|     establishing the contents of an application for approval and the
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0001|     criteria that will be applied to a request for approval in
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0002|     considering the action to be taken, which criteria shall include
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0003|     requirements that the requesting agency:
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0004|                 (1)  show specific budgetary authorization and
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0005|     availability of funds for the requested travel; and
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0006|                 (2)  demonstrate to the board's satisfaction
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0007|     that the requested travel will produce specific benefits to the
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0008|     agency that are reasonable when subjected to a cost-benefit
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0009|     analysis.
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0010|            B.  No public officer, public official or employee of
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0011|     a public post-secondary educational institution shall be
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0012|     reimbursed for any expense of out-of-state travel by that
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0013|     officer, official or employee unless the institution has
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0014|     received prior approval of the travel from the commission on
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0015|     higher education.  The commission shall adopt regulations
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0016|     establishing the contents of an application for approval and the
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0017|     criteria that will be applied to a request for approval in
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0018|     considering the action to be taken, which criteria shall include
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0019|     requirements that the requesting institution:
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0020|                 (1)  show specific budgetary authorization and
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0021|     availability of funds for the requested travel; and
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0022|                 (2)  demonstrate to the commission's
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0023|     satisfaction that the requested travel will produce specific
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0024|     benefits to the institution that are reasonable when subjected
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0025|     to a cost-benefit analysis.
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0001|       Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0002|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0005|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0006|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0009|                                              JANUARY 31, 1996
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0011|   Mr. President:
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0012|   
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0013|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0014|   
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0015|                           SENATE BILL 790
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0016|   
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0017|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0018|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the FINANCE
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0019|   COMMITTEE.
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0020|   
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0021|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0001|                              __________________________________
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0002|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0006|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0007|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0016|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0017|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0020|                                                   February 8, 1996
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0022|   Mr. President:
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0023|   
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0024|     Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0025|   
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0001|                           SENATE BILL 790
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0003|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0004|   it DO PASS.
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0006|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0010|                              __________________________________
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0011|                              Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0015|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0016|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0020|                     Date ________________________
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0023|   The roll call vote was <u> 9 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0024|   Yes:  9
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0025|   No:        0
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0001|   Excused:   Fidel, Donisthorpe, Macias, Nava
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0002|   Absent:    None
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