0001|                             HOUSE BILL 29
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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|                           NICK L. SALAZAR
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0008|        FOR THE RADIOACTIVE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION; PROVIDING FOR
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0012|     DISTRIBUTION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION PERMIT
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0013|     FEES; CREATING THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND; MAKING AN
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0014|     APPROPRIATION.
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  Section 74-4F-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1996,
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0018|     Chapter 37, Section 3) is amended to read:
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0019|          "74-4F-3.   HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION PERMIT--
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0020|     DEPARTMENT DUTIES--FEES.--
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0021|               A.  Except as provided in Section <s>[4 of the
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<s></s>0022| <s>    Hazardous Materials Transportation Act]</s> <u>74-4F-4 NMSA 1978</u>,
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0023|     a person may not transport a hazardous material on a state or
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0024|     federal highway without a permit from the department.
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0025|               B.  The department shall establish regulations for
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0001|     the issuance of hazardous materials transportation permits and
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0002|     shall issue permits to applicants who meet the requirements of
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0003|     the regulations.
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0004|               C.  Hazardous materials transportation permits
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0005|     shall be issued for a period not to exceed twelve months for a
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0006|     fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), regardless of the
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0007|     number of vehicles or combination of vehicles operated by the
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0008|     permit applicant, or the department may issue a permit for a
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0009|     single shipment of hazardous materials for a fee of seventy-
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0010|     five dollars ($75.00).
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0011|               D.  Public entities may acquire a hazardous
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0012|     materials transportation permit exempt from the fee in
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0013|     Subsection C of this section.
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0014|               E.  A copy of any hazardous materials
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0015|     transportation permit issued pursuant to this section shall be
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0016|     carried in each vehicle included under conditions of the
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0017|     permit.  Hazardous materials transportation permits shall be
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0018|     open for inspection by any peace officer.
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0019|               F.  Fees collected pursuant to this section shall
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0020|     be deposited in the <s>[general fund]</s> <u>motor vehicle suspense
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<u></u>0021| <u>    fund and distributed at the end of each month.  The net
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<u></u>0022| <u>    receipts collected pursuant to the provisions of this section
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<u></u>0023| <u>    shall be distributed to the emergency response fund</u>."
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0024|          Section 2.  A new section of the Emergency Management Act
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0025|     is enacted to read:
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0001|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND CREATED.--
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0002|               A.  The "emergency response fund" is created in the
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0003|     state treasury.  All income earned on the fund shall be
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0004|     credited to the fund.
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0005|               B.  The department of public safety shall
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0006|     administer the emergency response fund for the purpose of
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0007|     equipping and training state and local first responders to
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0008|     emergencies involving transportation of hazardous materials.
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0009|               C.  Money in the emergency response fund is
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0010|     appropriated to the department of public safety for the
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0011|     purpose of carrying out the provisions of Subsection B of this
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0012|     section and shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year. 
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0013|     Disbursements from the fund shall be made by warrant drawn by
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0014|     the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to
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0015|     vouchers signed by the secretary of public safety or his
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0016|     authorized representative.
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0017|               D.  No portion of the emergency response fund shall
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0018|     be used for activities that are inconsistent with the federal
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0019|     Hazardous Materials Transportation Act."
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0020|          Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0021|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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