0001|                             HOUSE BILL 8
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            Luciano Varela
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES SALARIES; INCREASING CERTAIN
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0012|     SALARY LEVELS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.
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0013|     
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATIONS--GENERAL FUND.--
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0016|               A.  Seventy-eight million seven hundred fifty-three
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0017|     thousand nine hundred forty-nine dollars ($78,753,949) is
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0018|     appropriated from the general fund to the department of
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0019|     finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 1999
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0020|     for the purpose of providing salary increases to certain
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0021|     public employees as follows:
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0022|                    (1)  forty-one million eight hundred fifty-
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0023|     eight thousand four hundred dollars ($41,858,400) to be
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0024|     distributed through the state equalization guarantee
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0025|     distribution of the public school fund to provide an average
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0001|     six percent salary increase for certified instructors who
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0002|     provide direct instruction; 
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0003|                    (2)  four million three hundred ninety-one
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0004|     thousand six hundred dollars ($4,391,600) to be distributed to
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0005|     the state equalization guarantee distribution of the public
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0006|     school fund to provide an average four percent salary increase
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0007|     for noncertified school employees and certified instructors
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0008|     who do not provide direct instruction;
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0009|                    (3)  seventeen million two hundred fifty-two
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0010|     thousand four hundred dollars ($17,252,400) to be distributed
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0011|     to the commission on higher education to provide an average
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0012|     four percent increase in the salaries of all state employees
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0013|     in post-secondary educational institutions and in vocational
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0014|     schools under their respective jurisdictions;
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0015|                    (4)  the following amounts to be distributed
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0016|     to state agencies in the executive branch of state government
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0017|     whose funds are derived substantially from the general fund to
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0018|     provide the following increases to exempt personnel: 
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0019|                         (a)  seven hundred thirteen thousand
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0020|     eight hundred sixty-eight dollars ($713,868) for a two percent
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0021|     cost-of-living increase effective the first pay period after
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0022|     July 1, 1998; and
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0023|                         (b)  three hundred seventy-five thousand
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0024|     seven hundred twenty dollars ($375,720) to provide a two
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0025|     percent merit increase on the employee's anniversary date;
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0001|                    (5)  ten million eight hundred ninety-one
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0002|     thousand six hundred sixty-five dollars ($10,891,665) to
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0003|     provide a structural adjustment to the salary ranges of
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0004|     classified employees in agencies governed by the Personnel Act
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0005|     effective the first pay period after July 1, 1998 and to
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0006|     provide an average two percent of grade midpoint merit
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0007|     increase on the classified employee's anniversary date;
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0008|                    (6)  two hundred sixty-two thousand dollars
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0009|     ($262,000) to provide a two percent cost-of-living increase to
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0010|     legislative employees effective the first pay period after
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0011|     July 1, 1998 and an average two percent merit increase on the
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0012|     employee's anniversary date;
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0013|                    (7)  for judicial employees, as follows:
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0014|                         (a)  six hundred seventy-seven thousand
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0015|     four hundred twenty-five dollars ($677,425) to provide a two
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0016|     percent structural adjustment to the salary ranges of the
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0017|     judicial personnel and compensation plan effective the first
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0018|     pay period after July 1, 1998;
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0019|                         (b)  four hundred thirty-six thousand
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0020|     four hundred four dollars ($436,404) to provide an average 
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0021|     two percent merit increase on the employee's anniversary date;
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0022|     and
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0023|                         (c)  five hundred nineteen thousand four
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0024|     hundred ninety-two dollars ($519,492) for a four percent
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0025|     salary increase for judges,  child support hearing officers
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0001|     and special commissioners effective the first pay period after
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0002|     July 1, 1998; 
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0003|                    (8)  for district attorney employees:
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0004|                         (a)  four hundred seventy-eight thousand
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0005|     nine hundred seventeen dollars ($478,917) for a two percent
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0006|     structural adjustment to the salary ranges of the district
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0007|     attorneys employee pay plan effective the first pay period
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0008|     after July 1, 1998; and 
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0009|                         (b)  three hundred twenty-eight thousand
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0010|     two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($328,258) for an average two
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0011|     percent merit increase on the employee's anniversary date; and
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0012|                    (9)  for commissioned officers of the New
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0013|     Mexico state police division of the department of public
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0014|     safety: 
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0015|                         (a)  three hundred seventy-one thousand
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0016|     dollars ($371,000) for a two percent structural adjustment to
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0017|     the salary ranges of the state police pay plan effective the
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0018|     first pay period after July 1, 1998; and
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0019|                         (b)  one hundred ninety-six thousand
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0020|     eight hundred dollars ($196,800) for an average two percent
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0021|     merit increase on the employee's anniversary date.
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0022|               B.  Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is
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0023|     appropriated from the general fund to the administrative
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0024|     office of the district attorneys for expenditure in fiscal
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0025|     year 1999 to contract with a private contractor to conduct a
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0001|     formal review of the district attorneys compensation plan.
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0002|               C.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the
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0003|     appropriations in this act remaining at the end of fiscal year
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0004|     1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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