0001|                            HOUSE BILL 88
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          R. DAVID PEDERSON
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0008|                   FOR THE DWI OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; REQUIRING THAT ALL PERSONS
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0012|     CONVICTED FOR COMMITTING DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
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0013|     INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR DRUGS BE FINGERPRINTED; REQUIRING THAT
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0014|     ALL PERSONS ARRESTED FOR COMMITTING DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE
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0015|     INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR DRUGS BE FINGERPRINTED;
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0016|     INCREASING A FEE; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978; MAKING AN
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0017|     APPROPRIATION.
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0018|     
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0019|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0020|          Section 1.  Section 29-3-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1935,
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0021|     Chapter 149, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0022|          "29-3-1.  NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE--IDENTIFICATION AND
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0023|     INFORMATION.--
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0024|               A.  It [shall be] is the duty of the New Mexico
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0025|     state police to install and maintain complete systems for the
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0001|     identification of criminals, including the fingerprint system
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0002|     and the modus operandi system.  The New Mexico state police
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0003|     shall obtain, from whatever source procurable, and shall file
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0004|     and preserve for record, [such] plates, photographs, outline
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0005|     pictures, fingerprints, measurements, descriptions, modus
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0006|     operandi statements and such other information about,
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0007|     concerning and relating to any and all persons who have been or
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0008|     who shall [here after] be convicted of a felony or who shall
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0009|     attempt to commit a felony within this state or who are well-
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0010|     known and habitual criminals or who have been convicted of any
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0011|     of the following felonies or misdemeanors:             
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0012|                    (1)  illegally carrying, concealing or
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0013|     possessing a pistol or any other dangerous weapon; 
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0014|                    (2)  buying or receiving stolen property; 
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0015|                    (3)  unlawful entry of a building; 
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0016|                    (4)  escaping or aiding an escape from
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0017|     prison; 
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0018|                    (5)  making or possessing a fraudulent or
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0019|     forged check or draft; 
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0020|                    (6)  petit larceny; [and]
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0021|                    (7)  unlawfully possessing or distributing
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0022|     habit-forming narcotic drugs; and
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0023|                    (8)  driving while under the influence of
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0024|     intoxicating liquor or drugs.
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0025|               B.  The New Mexico state police may also obtain like
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0001|     information concerning persons who have been convicted of
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0002|     violating any of the military, naval or criminal laws of the
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0003|     United States or who have been convicted of a crime in any
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0004|     other state, country, district or province, which, if committed
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0005|     within this state, would be a felony.
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0006|               C.  The New Mexico state police shall make a
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0007|     complete and systematic record and index of all information
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0008|     obtained for the purpose of providing a convenient and
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0009|     expeditious method of consultation and comparison."
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0010|          Section 2.  Section 29-3-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
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0011|     Chapter 87, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0012|          "29-3-8.  FINGERPRINTING OF PERSONS ARRESTED--
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0013|     DISPOSITION.--
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0014|               A.  Any person arrested for the commission of any
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0015|     criminal offense amounting to a felony under the laws of this
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0016|     state or any other jurisdiction shall be required by the
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0017|     arresting peace officer to make fingerprint impressions.
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0018|               B.  Any person arrested for the commission of any
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0019|     criminal offense not amounting to a felony but punishable by
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0020|     imprisonment for more than six months under the laws of this
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0021|     state or any political subdivision shall be required to make
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0022|     fingerprint impressions.
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0023|               C.  A person arrested for violating a provision of
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0024|     Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 or committing a violation of a
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0025|     municipal or county ordinance prescribing criminal penalties
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0001|     for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
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0002|     drugs shall be required by the arresting peace officer to make
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0003|     fingerprint impressions.
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0004|               [C.] D.  Fingerprint impressions shall be made
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0005|     pursuant to rules adopted by the New Mexico state police board,
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0006|     and all felony arrest fingerprints shall be made in duplicate;
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0007|     one copy shall be forwarded to the New Mexico state police and
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0008|     one copy shall be forwarded to the federal bureau of
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0009|     investigation in Washington, D. C.
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0010|               [D.] E.  One copy of the fingerprint impressions
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0011|     of each person arrested under the provisions of Subsection B of
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0012|     this section shall be forwarded to the New Mexico state police. 
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0013|     A copy may be sent to the [FBI] federal bureau of
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0014|     investigation in Washington, D. C. if:
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0015|                    (1)  there is a question of identity;
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0016|                    (2)  a check of [FBI] federal bureau of
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0017|     investigation files is considered necessary for investigative
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0018|     purposes; or
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0019|                    (3)  the individual is suspected of being a
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0020|     fugitive."
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0021|          Section 3.  Section 66-7-512 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
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0022|     Chapter 57, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0023|          "66-7-512.  TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT FUND
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0024|     CREATED.--
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0025|               A.  There is created in the state treasury the
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0001|     "traffic safety education and enforcement fund".  The fund
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0002|     shall be invested in accordance with the provisions of Section
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0003|     6-10-10 NMSA 1978 and all income earned on the fund shall be
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0004|     credited to the fund.
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0005|               B.  The traffic safety education and enforcement
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0006|     fund shall be used to institute and promote a statewide program
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0007|     of traffic safety through education and enforcement to reduce
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0008|     serious and fatal traffic accidents and to provide for the
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0009|     purchase of equipment and support services as are necessary to
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0010|     establish and maintain the program.
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0011|               C.  No less than fifty percent of the money
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0012|     deposited in the traffic safety education and enforcement
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0013|     fund shall be allocated to the law enforcement agency that
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0014|     issued the citation, provided the agency has submitted a
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0015|     traffic safety program plan [which] that is approved by the
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0016|     traffic safety bureau of the state highway and transportation
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0017|     department.  Law enforcement agencies shall use the money
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0018|     allocated from the fund to purchase equipment, including
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0019|     equipment for making fingerprint impressions of all persons
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0020|     arrested for or convicted of driving while under the influence
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0021|     of intoxicating liquor or drugs, and support services as are
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0022|     necessary to establish and maintain a traffic safety program.
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0023|               D.  No less than twenty percent of the money
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0024|     deposited in the traffic safety education and enforcement
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0025|     fund shall be allocated to institute and promote traffic safety
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0001|     education programs.
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0002|               E.  The balance of the money deposited in the
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0003|     traffic safety education and enforcement fund shall be alloc-
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0005|     ated to existing traffic safety programs.
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0006|               F.  The traffic safety bureau of the state highway
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0007|     and transportation department shall adopt all rules,
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0008|     regulations and policies necessary to administer a statewide
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0009|     traffic program.
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0010|               G.  All money credited to the traffic safety
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0011|     education and enforcement fund shall be appropriated to the
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0012|     traffic safety bureau of the state highway and transportation
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0013|     department for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
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0014|     this section and shall not revert to the general fund."
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0015|          Section 4.  Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0016|     Chapter 320, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017|          "66-8-116.3.  PENALTY ASSESSMENT MISDEMEANORS--ADDITIONAL
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0018|     FEES.--In addition to the penalty assessment established for
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0019|     each penalty assessment misdemeanor, there shall be assessed:
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0020|               A.  ten dollars ($10.00) to help defray the costs of
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0021|     local government corrections;
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0022|               B.  a court automation fee of ten dollars ($10.00);
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0023|               C.  a traffic safety fee of [three dollars
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    ($3.00)] five dollars ($5.00), which shall be credited to
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0025|     the traffic safety education and enforcement fund; and
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0001|               D.  a judicial education fee of one dollar ($1.00),
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0002|     which shall be credited to the judicial education fund."
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0003|          Section 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0004|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0005|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0006|                      House of Representatives
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0007|   
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0008|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012|                                                January 29, 1997
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0015|   Mr. Speaker:
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0017|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018|   
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0019|                        HOUSE BILL 88
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0020|                               
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0021|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0022|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0023|   APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0024|   
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0025|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0006|                                                              Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0009|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0011|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0013|                        Date             
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0015|   The roll call vote was 10  For 0  Against
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0016|   Yes:      10
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0017|   Excused:  King, Luna, Sanchez
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0018|             Absent:   None
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