HOUSE BILL 443
47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006
INTRODUCED BY
Jose A. Campos
AN ACT
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES; TRANSFERRING THE NATURAL RESOURCE REVENUE RECOVERY TASK FORCE TO THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; EXTENDING THE TERMINATION OF THE TASK FORCE; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 19-1A-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 42, Section 2) is amended to read:
"19-1A-2. NATURAL RESOURCE REVENUE RECOVERY TASK FORCE--CREATED--MEMBERS--DUTIES.--
A. There is created in the [state land office] New Mexico department of agriculture an advisory task force that shall be known as the "natural resource revenue recovery task force".
B. The task force shall be composed of nine members. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate shall each appoint two members who represent affected counties and are knowledgeable about agricultural and rural issues. The governor shall appoint three members and the commissioner of public lands shall appoint two members who:
(1) are county commissioners from affected counties;
(2) represent the different geographic regions of the state, including north, south, east and west;
(3) are knowledgeable about agricultural, forest, mining or other extractive industries and water issues; or
(4) are nominated by rural counties in the New Mexico association of counties.
C. The task force shall:
(1) review and analyze the historical and current differences between the prices received by agricultural producers and the prices paid by consumers;
(2) gather and compile information on the impact of the federal laws that affect agriculture and extraction industries, specifically the Agriculture Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act as originally enacted;
(3) evaluate the United States congress's original objectives to stabilize commodity prices and rural income, manage public lands for multiple use, preserve grazing and water rights and foster timber harvests compared to the laws' outcomes;
(4) assess the relationship of these laws with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Kearny's Code and the preservation of New Mexico's private property rights contained in the United States constitution;
(5) define the economic impact of the Agriculture Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act upon agricultural producers, natural resource industries and related businesses and the impact on county and state revenues;
(6) develop state policies to counteract the negative effect of federal law; and
(7) report its findings and recommendations annually by December 1 to the New Mexico legislative council and the governor.
D. The chair of the task force shall be elected by the task force, and the task force shall meet at the call of the chair.
E. The public members of the task force shall receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
F. The staff for the task force shall be provided by the [state land office] New Mexico department of agriculture."
Section 2. Section 19-1A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 42, Section 3) is amended to read:
"19-1A-3. TERMINATION OF TASK FORCE--DELAYED REPEAL.-- The natural resource revenue recovery task force is terminated on July 1, [2007] 2008 pursuant to the Sunset Act. The task force shall continue to operate according to the provisions of this act until July 1, [2008] 2009. Effective July 1, [2008] 2009, this act is repealed."
Section 3. APPROPRIATIONS.--
A. The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the following agencies for expenditure in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for the following purposes:
(1) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for the New Mexico department of agriculture to fund the operations of the natural resource revenue recovery task force; and
(2) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the board of regents of New Mexico state university to establish an economic, trade and policy analysis center administered by the cooperative extension service in the college of agriculture and home economics. The center shall analyze, assess, monitor and provide projections of the economic and social impacts of:
(a) proposed, impending and ongoing impacts of United States agricultural policies on New Mexico producers;
(b) national trade policy on the southwest region;
(c) national security events, border security policies and programs that may affect the flow of trade across the southern border of the United States; and
(d) state legislation, policies and regulations on New Mexico's producers and agricultural and natural resources.
B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.
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