0001| SENATE BILL 810
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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| JOSEPH A. FIDEL
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO PIPELINES; ESTABLISHING A ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION
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0012| SYSTEM FOR UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS; AMENDING AND ENACTING
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0013| SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. A new section of Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA
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0017| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0018| "[NEW MATERIAL] PIPELINE ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.--
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0019| A. Every owner or operator of a pipeline facility
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0020| shall be a member of a one-call notification system. A one-
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0021| call notification system may be for a region of the state or
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0022| statewide in scope, unless federal law provides otherwise.
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0023| B. Each one-call notification system shall be
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0024| operated by:
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0025| (1) an owner or operator of pipeline
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0001| facilities;
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0002| (2) a private contractor;
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0003| (3) a state or local government agency; or
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0004| (4) a person who is otherwise eligible under
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0005| state law to operate a one-call notification system.
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0006| C. If the one-call notification system is operated
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0007| by owners or operators of pipeline facilities, it shall be
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0008| established as a nonprofit entity governed by a board of
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0009| directors that shall establish the operating processes,
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0010| procedures and technology needed for a one-call notification
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0011| system. The board shall further establish a procedure or
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0012| formula to determine the equitable share of each member for the
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0013| costs of the one-call notification system. The board may
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0014| include representatives of excavators or other persons deemed
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0015| eligible to participate in the system who are not owners or
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0016| operators.
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0017| D. Excavators shall give advance notice to the one-
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0018| call notification system operating in the intended excavation
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0019| area and provide information established by rule and regulation
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0020| of the commission, except when excavations are by or for a
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0021| person that:
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0022| (1) owns or leases or owns a mineral
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0023| leasehold interest in the real property on which the excavation
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0024| occurs; and
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0025| (2) operates all underground facilities
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0001| located in the intended excavation area.
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0002| E. The one-call notification system shall promptly
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0003| transmit excavation notice information to owners or operators
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0004| of pipeline facilities in the intended excavation area.
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0005| F. After receiving advance notice, owners and
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0006| operators of pipeline facilities shall locate and mark their
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0007| pipeline facilities in the intended excavation area.
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0008| G. The one-call notification system shall provide a
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0009| toll-free telephone number or another comparable and reliable
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0010| means of communication to receive advance notice of excavation.
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0011| Means of communication to distribute excavation notice to
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0012| owners or operators of pipeline facilities shall be reliable
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0013| and capable of coordination with one-call notification systems
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0014| operating in other regions of the state.
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0015| H. Operators of one-call notification systems shall
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0016| notify the commission of its members and the name and telephone
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0017| number of the contact person for each member.
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0018| I. One-call notification systems and owners and
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0019| operators of pipeline facilities shall promote public awareness
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0020| of the availability and operation of one-call notification
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0021| systems and work with state and local governmental agencies
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0022| charged with issuing excavation permits to provide information
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0023| concerning and promote awareness by excavators of one-call
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0024| notification systems."
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0025| Section 2. A new section of Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA
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0001| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0002| "[NEW MATERIAL] ENFORCEMENT.--If any person excavates
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0003| or intends to excavate in violation of Chapter 62, Article 14
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0004| NMSA 1978, the commission or any interested or affected owner
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0005| or operator of an underground facility may file, in the
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0006| district court of the county in which the excavation is
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0007| occurring or intended, an action seeking to enjoin the
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0008| excavation."
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0009| Section 3. A new section of Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA
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0010| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0011| "[NEW MATERIAL] RULE-MAKING.--The commission shall
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0012| promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of
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0013| Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978."
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0014| Section 4. Section 62-14-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973,
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0015| Chapter 252, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0016| "62-14-2. DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of Chapter 62,
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0017| Article 14 NMSA 1978:
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0018| A. "blasting" means the use of an explosive to
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0019| excavate;
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0020| B. "excavate" means the movement or removal of
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0021| earth using mechanical excavating equipment or blasting and
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0022| includes augering, backfilling, digging, ditching, drilling,
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0023| grading, plowing in, pulling in, ripping, scraping, trenching
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0024| and [tunnelling] tunneling;
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0025| C. "mechanical excavating equipment" means all
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0001| equipment powered by any motor, engine or hydraulic or
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0002| pneumatic device used for excavating and includes trenchers,
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0003| bulldozers, backhoes, power shovels, scrapers, draglines, clam
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0004| shells, augers, drills, cable and pipe plows or other plowing-
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0005| in or pulling-in equipment;
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0006| D. "one-call notification system" means a
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0007| communication system in which an operation center provides
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0008| telephone services or other reliable means of communication for
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0009| the purpose of receiving excavation notice information and
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0010| distributing that information to owners and operators of
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0011| pipeline facilities;
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0012| [D.] E. "pipeline" means a pipeline or system
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0013| of pipelines and appurtenances for the transportation or
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0014| movement of any oil or gas, [mixture of gases or petroleum
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products suitable for domestic or industrial fuel] oil or gas
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0016| products and byproducts, but does not include:
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0017| (1) gas distribution systems; or
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0018| (2) gathering lines or systems operated
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0019| exclusively for the gathering of oil or gas, oil and gas
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0020| products and their byproducts in any field or area, lines or
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0021| systems constituting a part of any tank farm, plant facilities
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0022| of any processing plant or underground storage projects, unless
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0023| it is located:
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0024| (a) within a municipality; or
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0025| (b) in the boundaries of an established
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0001| easement or right of way;
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0002| [E.] F. "underground utility line" means an
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0003| underground conduit or cable, including fiber optics, piping
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0004| and related facilities for transportation and delivery of
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0005| electricity, telephonic or telegraphic communications or water
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0006| or distribution of gas;
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0007| [F.] G. "cable television lines and related
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0008| facilities" means the facilities of any cable television system
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0009| or closed-circuit coaxial cable communications system or other
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0010| similar transmission service used in connection with any cable
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0011| television system or other similar closed-circuit coaxial cable
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0012| communications system;
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0013| [G.] H. "underground facilities" means any
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0014| tangible property described in Subsections [D] E through
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0015| [F] G of this section [which] that is underground and
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0016| does not include residential sprinklers or low-voltage
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0017| lighting;
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0018| [H.] I. "person" means the legal
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0019| representative of or any individual, partnership, corporation,
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0020| joint venture, state, subdivision or instrumentality of the
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0021| state or an
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0022| association [or any legal representative thereof];
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0023| [I.] J. "means of location" means a mark such
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0024| as a stake in earthen areas or a paint mark in paved areas
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0025| [which] that is conspicuous in nature [which] and that
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0001| is designed to last at least five days if not disturbed;
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0002| [and]
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0003| [J.] K. ["reasonable advance notice"]
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0004| "advance notice" means two working days; and
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0005| L. "commission" means the state corporation
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0006| commission or its successor agency."
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0007| Section 5. Section 62-14-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973,
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0008| Chapter 252, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
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0009| "62-14-8. PENALTIES.--In addition to any other liability
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0010| imposed by law, any person who [willfully] negligently
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0011| fails to comply with Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 and whose
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0012| failure proximately contributes to the damage of any pipeline
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0013| or underground utility line shall be subject to a civil penalty
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0014| not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
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0015| All actions to recover the penalties provided for in this
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0016| section shall be brought by either the attorney general or the
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0017| appropriate district attorney upon complaint of the [state
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corporation] commission, the New Mexico public utility
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0019| commission or the construction industries division of the
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0020| regulation and licensing department. All such actions shall be
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0021| brought in the district court in and for the county in which
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0022| the cause, or some part [thereof] of the cause, arose or in
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0023| which the person complained of has [their] his principal
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0024| place of business or residence. All penalties recovered in any
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0025| such action shall be paid into the state general fund."
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0001| Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0002| provisions of this act is October 1, 1997.
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0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997 SB 810/a
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0010| February 26, 1997
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0012| Mr. President:
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0014| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0015| whom has been referred
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0017| SENATE BILL 810
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0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0022| 1. On page 5, line 15, strike the semicolon, strike line 16
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0023| and on line 17, strike "(2)".
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0025| 2. On page 5, line 22, strike the colon and on line 23,
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0001| strike "(a)".
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0003| 3. On page 5, line 23, strike the semicolon.
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0005| 4. On page 5, line 24, strike "(b)".
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0007| 5. On page 5, line 25, before the semicolon insert "or
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0008| within the limits of any unincorporated city, town or village or
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0009| within any designated residential or commercial area such as a
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0010| subdivision, business or shopping center or community
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0011| development".
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0013| 8. On page 6, line 2, strike "piping".
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0015| 9. On page 6, line 5, strike "or distribution of gas".,
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0017| and thence referred to the CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.
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0019| Respectfully submitted,
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0024| __________________________________
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0025| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0009| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0010| Adopted_______________________
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0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date ________________________
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0017| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0018| Yes: 8
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0019| No: 0
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0020| Excused: Fidel, Robinson
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0021| Absent: None
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0002| S0810CT1 .117470.2
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0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 810/a
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0005| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008| March 4, 1997
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0010| Mr. President:
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0012| Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0014| SENATE BILL 810, as amended
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0015|
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0016| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0017| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0019| 1. Strike Corporations & Transportation Committee amendment
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0022| 2. On page 5, line 15, strike the colon, strike line 16 and
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0023| on line 17, strike "(2)".
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0025| 3. On page 7, line 6, strike the brackets and line-through
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0001| for "willfully" and strike "negligently".
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0003| Respectfully submitted,
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0008| __________________________________
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0009| Michael S. Sanchez, Chairman
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0013| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0014| Adopted_______________________
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0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0018| Date ________________________
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0021| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0022| Yes: 9
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0023| No: None
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0024| Excused: Griego
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0025| Absent: None
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0003| S0810C01
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0004| State of New Mexico
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0005| House of Representatives
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0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011| March 10, 1997
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0014| Mr. Speaker:
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0016| Your ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to
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0017| whom has been referred
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0019| SENATE BILL 810, as amended
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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.
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0024| Respectfully submitted,
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0004| James Roger Madalena, Chairman
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0007| Adopted Not Adopted
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0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0011| Date
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0013| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0014| Yes: 9
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0015| Excused: Getty, Knowles, Picraux
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0016| Absent: None
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