0001|                           SENATE BILL 359
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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|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     CREATING A JOINT INTERIM LEGISLATIVE FEDERAL FUNDS TASK FORCE;
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0012|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  FEDERAL FUNDS TASK FORCE CREATED--
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0016|     TERMINATION.--There is created a joint interim legislative
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0017|     task force, which shall be known as the "federal funds task
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0018|     force".  The task force shall function from the date of its
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0019|     appointment until of December 1 prior to the first session of
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0020|     the forty-fourth legislature.
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0021|          Section 2.  MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.--
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0022|               A.  The task force shall be composed of six
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0023|     legislative members and four nonlegislative members.  Three
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0024|     members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be
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0025|     a member of the legislative finance committee, shall be
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0001|     appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and
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0002|     three members of the senate, one of whom shall be a member of
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0003|     the legislative finance committee, shall be appointed by the
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0004|     committees' committee of the senate, or, if the senate
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0005|     appointments are made in the interim, by the president pro
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0006|     tempore of the senate after consultation with and agreement of
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0007|     a majority of the members of the committees' committee.
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0008|               B.  Members shall be appointed from each house so
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0009|     as to give the two major political parties in each house the
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0010|     same proportional representation on the task force as prevails
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0011|     in each house; however, in no event shall either party have
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0012|     less than one member from each house on the task force. 
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0013|     Vacancies on the task force shall be filled by appointment in
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0014|     the same manner as the original appointments.  The speaker of
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0015|     the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of
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0016|     the senate shall each appoint a co-chairman.
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0017|               C.  No action shall be taken by the task force if a
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0018|     majority of the total membership from either house on the task
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0019|     force rejects such action.
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0020|               D.  Two nonlegislative members of the task force
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0021|     who do not serve ex officio shall be appointed by the speaker
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0022|     of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore
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0023|     of the senate and shall represent advocates for recipients of
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0024|     federal funds.
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0025|               E.  Two additional nonlegislative members shall be:
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0001|                    (1)  the secretary of finance and
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0002|     administration or his designee; and
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0003|                    (2)  the secretary of human services or his
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0004|     designee.
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0005|               F.  The public members shall be paid per diem and
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0006|     mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and
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0007|     Mileage Act.
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0008|          Section 3.  DUTIES.--After its appointment, the task
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0009|     force shall hold one organizational meeting to develop a work
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0010|     plan and budget for the ensuing interim.  The work plan and
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0011|     budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico legislative
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0012|     council for approval.  Upon approval of the work plan and
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0013|     budget by the New Mexico legislative council, the task force
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0014|     shall:
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0015|               A.  identify the major sources of federal funds
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0016|     received by the state; the federal requirements for receiving
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0017|     and expending each major source of funds; the programs
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0018|     developed by the state for the expenditure of the federal
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0019|     funds; and the state and federal authority for the development
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0020|     and implementation of the programs; and 
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0021|               B.  determine if New Mexico's current process for
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0022|     receiving and expending federal funds can be improved to avoid
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0023|     duplication of effort, to strengthen state control over
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0024|     programs implemented in New Mexico and to ensure that New
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0025|     Mexico is obtaining the maximum benefit from the utilization
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0001|     of state and federal money.
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0002|          Section 4.  SUBCOMMITTEES.--Subcommittees shall be
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0003|     created only by majority vote of all members appointed to the
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0004|     task force and with the prior approval of the New Mexico
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0005|     legislative council.  A subcommittee shall be composed of at
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0006|     least one member from the senate and one member from the house
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0007|     of representatives, and at least one member of the minority
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0008|     party shall be a member of the subcommittee.  All meetings and
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0009|     expenditures of a subcommittee shall be approved by the full
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0010|     task force in advance of such meeting or expenditure, and the
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0011|     approval shall be shown in the minutes of the task force.
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0012|          Section 5.  REPORT.--The task force shall make a report
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0013|     of its findings and recommendations for the consideration of
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0014|     the first session of the forty-fourth legislature.  The report
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0015|     and suggested legislation shall be made available to the New
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0016|     Mexico legislative council and the legislative finance
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0017|     committee on or before December 15 preceding that session.
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0018|          Section 6.  STAFF.--The staff for the task force shall be
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0019|     provided by the legislative council service.
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0020|          Section 7.  APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars
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0021|     ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0022|     legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years
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0023|     1998 and 1999 for the purpose of paying the salaries and
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0024|     expenses of the technical, legal, clerical and stenographic
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0025|     assistants, for necessary equipment and supplies used in
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0001|     carrying out the provisions of this act and for reimbursing
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0002|     the per diem and mileage expenses of the task force.  Any
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0003|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0004|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.  Payments
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0005|     from the appropriation shall be made upon vouchers signed by
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0006|     the director of the legislative council service or the
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0007|     director's authorized representative.
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0008|          Section 8.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0009|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0010|     immediately.
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