0001|                            HOUSE BILL 486
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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|                              BEN LUJAN
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO; ESTABLISHING A
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0012|     DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
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0013|     ADDRESS CONCERNS RELATING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF
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0014|     GUADALUPE HIDALGO; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  A new section of Chapter 8, Article 5 NMSA
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0018|     1978 is enacted to read:
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0019|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] GUADALUPE HIDALGO TREATY DEPARTMENT.--
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0020|               A.  The "Guadalupe Hidalgo department" is created
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0021|     within the office of the attorney general.  The department
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0022|     shall review, oversee and address concerns relating to the
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0023|     provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that have not
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0024|     been implemented or observed in the spirit of Article 2,
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0025|     Section 5 of the constitution of New Mexico and Section
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0001|     47-1-25 NMSA 1978.   
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0002|               B.  The department shall consist of such personnel
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0003|     and have such duties as the attorney general shall designate. 
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0004|               C.  The attorney general shall report the findings
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0005|     and recommendations of the department to the second session of
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0006|     the forty-fourth legislature."
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0007|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars
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0008|     ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the office
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0009|     of the attorney general for expenditure in fiscal years 1999
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0010|     and 2000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
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0011|     Section 1 of this act.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0012|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the
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0013|     general fund.
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0014|          Section 3.  DELAYED REPEAL.--Section 1 of this act is
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0015|     repealed January 1, 2000.
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