0001|                        SENATE BILL 797
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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|                         LEONARD TSOSIE
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE FIRE
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0013|     PROTECTION FUND LAW; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN
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0014|     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.  A new section of the Fire Protection Fund Law
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0018|     is enacted to read:
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0019|       "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  INTERGOVERNMENTAL EFFORT IN CREATING
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0020|     FIRE DISTRICTS.--
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0021|            A.  The county commission of any county in which land
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0022|     of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo is located is authorized to
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0023|     enter into joint powers agreements with an Indian nation, tribe
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0024|     or pueblo within the county's boundaries to create fire
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0025|     districts within the boundaries of the Indian nation, tribe or
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0001|     pueblo.  The county fire marshal shall negotiate the provisions
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0002|     of the joint powers agreement with an Indian nation, tribe or
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0003|     pueblo, which shall establish the criteria that shall be met by
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0004|     a fire department in order to be considered an official fire
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0005|     department for the purpose of receiving distributions from the
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0006|     fire protection fund.  The county fire marshal shall provide
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0007|     technical assistance to newly created fire districts to develop
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0008|     a reliable fire protection capacity."
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0009|       Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred thousand dollars
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0010|     ($400,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state
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0011|     fire marshal for expenditure in fiscal year 1997 for the purpose
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0012|     of developing six fire stations or substations in fire districts
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0013|     between United States highway 666 and state road 509 in McKinley
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0014|     county.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the
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0015|     end of fiscal year 1997 shall not revert to the general fund.
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0018|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0019|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0022|                                              FEBRUARY 1, 1996
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0023|   
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0024|   Mr. President:
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0001|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0002|   
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0003|                           SENATE BILL 797
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0005|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0006|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the FINANCE
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0007|   COMMITTEE.
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0009|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0014|                              __________________________________
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0015|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0019|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0020|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0002|   S0797CC1
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