0001|                            HOUSE BILL 260
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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|                           JERRY W. SANDEL
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL; MOVING THE ALTERNATIVE FUEL
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0012|     CONVERSION PROGRAM FROM THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE
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0013|     ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 9-17-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1992,
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0017|     Chapter 58, Section 8, as amended) is recompiled as Section 
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0018|     9-5A-8 NMSA 1978 and is amended to read:
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0019|          "9-5A-8.  STATE ALTERNATIVE FUEL PROGRAM MANAGER--
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0020|     CREATION--DUTIES.--A "state alternative fuel program manager"
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0021|     is created in the <s>[transportation services]</s> <u>energy
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<u></u>0022| <u>    conservation and management</u> division of the <s>[general
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<s></s>0023| <s>    services]</s> <u>energy, minerals and natural resources</u>
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0024|     department, and his duties shall include:
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0025|               A.  promoting, coordinating and monitoring the
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0001|     implementation of state clean alternative fuel transportation
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0002|     programs, including a mass transit demonstration project and
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0003|     other demonstration projects that place New Mexico on the
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0004|     leading edge of new clean fuel technologies;
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0005|               B.  coordinating and directing the provisions of
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0006|     the Alternative Fuel Conversion Act; and
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0007|               C.  mobilizing and coordinating necessary resources
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0008|     and expertise from government, education and the private
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0009|     sector to assist in clean alternative fuel transportation
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0010|     programs and projects."
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0011|          Section 2.  Section 13-1B-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1992,
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0012|     Chapter 58, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0013|          "13-1B-2.  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Alternative Fuel
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0014|     Conversion Act:
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0015|               A.  "alternative fuel" means natural gas, liquefied
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0016|     petroleum gas, electricity, hydrogen, a fuel mixture
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0017|     containing not less than eighty-five percent ethanol or
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0018|     methanol or a water-phased hydrocarbon fuel emulsion
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0019|     consisting of a hydrocarbon base and water in an amount not
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0020|     less than twenty percent by volume of the total water-phased
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0021|     fuel emulsion;
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0022|               B.  "conventional fuel" means gasoline or diesel
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0023|     fuel;
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0024|               C.  "department" means the <s>[general services]</s>
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0025|     <u>energy, minerals and natural resources</u> department;
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0001|               D.  "fund" means the alternative fuel conversion
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0002|     loan fund;
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0003|               E.  "political subdivision" means a county,
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0004|     municipality or school district;
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0005|               F.  "post-secondary institution" means two- and
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0006|     four-year public post-secondary institutions; and
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0007|               G.  "vehicle" means a passenger car or light,
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0008|     medium or heavy duty truck."
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0009|          Section 3.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL,
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0010|     PROPERTY, CONTRACTS AND REFERENCES IN LAW.--On July 1, 1998:
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0011|               A.  all personnel, appropriations, money, records,
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0012|     property, equipment and supplies of the state alternative fuel
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0013|     program shall be transferred to the energy, minerals and
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0014|     natural resources department;
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0015|               B.  all contracts and other obligations of the
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0016|     general services department pertaining to the state
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0017|     alternative fuel program shall be binding and effective on the
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0018|     energy, minerals and natural resources department; and
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0019|               C.  all references in law to the state alternative
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0020|     fuel program in the general services department shall be
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0021|     deemed to be references to the state alternative fuel program
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0022|     of the energy, minerals and natural resources department.
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0023|          Section 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0024|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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