0001|                          HOUSE MEMORIAL 26
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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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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO ACTIVELY
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0012|     MARKET IN-PLANT TRAINING FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
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0013|     ENERGY TO HELP DIVERSIFY BUSINESS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, the four counties of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba,
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0016|     Santa Fe and Taos and the municipalities and pueblos in that
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0017|     region are joined by location and economic ties, so that the
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0018|     best help for each often comes from joint projects; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, the regional development corporation, a
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0020|     nonprofit organization, was formed to distribute funds from
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0021|     the federal department of energy to that region to mitigate
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0022|     changes at Los Alamos national laboratory that have a negative
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0023|     impact on the regional economy and to help diversify the
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0024|     regional economy from dependence on the national laboratory
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0025|     and has received ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the
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0001|     department of energy specifically for that purpose; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, the regional development corporation has
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0003|     determined that work force development is a critical factor
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0004|     necessary for creating new jobs, attracting new businesses and
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0005|     retaining and expanding existing businesses; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, in order to achieve this objective, the regional
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0007|     development corporation has established an in-plant training
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0008|     program, with the assistance of the economic development
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0009|     department, specifically for the northern New Mexico region,
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0010|     to address the needs of businesses in that region that
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0011|     otherwise do not qualify for state in-plant training funds;
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0012|     and
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0013|          WHEREAS, it would be helpful to this regional in-plant
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0014|     training program and in turn to businesses in that area if the
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0015|     legislature encouraged the economic development department to
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0016|     publicize information about this program so that all types of
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0017|     businesses will be encouraged to apply for funding;
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0018|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0019|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it request the
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0020|     economic development department to actively and aggressively
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0021|     market the in-plant training program in the region it serves
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0022|     through publications, advertising, public meetings or other
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0023|     means; and
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0024|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the economic development
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0025|     department report its efforts and the status of this regional
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0001|     in-plant training program regarding the number of jobs created
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0002|     to the appropriate interim legislative committee no later than
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0003|     October 1, 1998; and
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0004|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0005|     sent to the secretary of economic development, the director of
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0006|     the Los Alamos national laboratory and the director of the
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0007|     regional development corporation.
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