State of New Mexico
                      House of Representatives
  
                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
  
  
                                                   March 19, 1997
  
  
  Mr. Speaker:
  
       Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom
  has been referred
  
                 SENATE BILL 1198, as amended
                               
  has had it under consideration and reports same with
  recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
       1.  On page 8, line 25, strike "For" and insert in lieu
  thereof "Effective July 1, 1998, for".
  
       2.  On page 9, line 1, strike "adopt".
  
       3.  On page 9, line 2, strike "regulations exempting" and
  insert in lieu thereof "take such steps necessary pursuant to the
  federal act to provide a good cause waiver of the limitation for".
  
       4.  On page 9, line 2, strike "unit" and insert in lieu
  thereof "group".
  
       5.  On page 12, line 16, strike "principle" and insert in lieu
  thereof "principal".
  
       6.  On page 14, line 17, before "work" insert "a program of".
  
       7.  On page 15, line 19, after the semicolon insert "or".
  
       8.  On page 15, line 21, strike "or".
  
       9.  On page 15, strike lines 22 and 23 in their entirety.
  
       10.  On page 16, line 9, strike "13" and insert in lieu
  thereof "14".
  
       11.  On page 18, line 3, before the semicolon insert the
  following:
  
  ", provided that the individual responsibility plan for a person
  over the age of twenty years shall include sufficient hours in an
  additional work activity that the department has determined will
  meet work activity participation requirements pursuant to the
  federal act".
  
       12.  On page 18, line 12, strike "and".
  
       13.  On page 18, line 15, strike the period and insert in lieu
  thereof "; and".
  
       14.  On page 18, between lines 15 and 16, insert the
  following:
  
                      "(d)  the plan includes sufficient hours in an
  additional work activity that the department has determined will
  meet work activity participation requirements pursuant to the
  federal act.".
  
       15.  On page 18, between lines 24 and 25, insert the
  following:
  
            "D.  The department may sanction or impose financial
  penalties on a recipient for failure to comply with the provisions
  of an individual responsibility plan and may terminate assistance or
  services to a family assistance group if a recipient refuses to
  enter an individual responsibility plan as provided in Subsection A
  of this section.".
  
       16.  On page 20, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
  
            "A.  Subject to the provisions of Subsections B and C of
  this section, the department may impose financial penalties or
  sanctions on, and may terminate assistance or services to, a
  recipient or a family assistance group for failure of the recipient
  or family assistance group to comply with requirements of the Family
  Assistance and Individual Responsibility Act.".
  
       17.  Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
  
       18.  On page 20, line 4, after "for" insert "a single act of".
  
                                Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                                                                                               
                                                              Max Coll, Chairman
  
  
  Adopted                       Not Adopted                       
            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
  
                         Date             
  
  The roll call vote was  9  For  7  Against
  Yes:      9
            No:       Bird, Buffett, Knowles, Marquardt, Pearce, Townsend,
            Wallace
            Excused:  Picraux
            Absent:   None
  
  
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