FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2017

March 1, 2017

Mr. Speaker:

    Your HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 421

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 1, lines 23 through 25 and page 2, lines 1 through 8, strike Subsection C in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsection:

          "C. "eligible nonprofit entity" means an entity that:

                (1) has its principal place of business in the state;

                (2) employs an average of at least fifty-one persons over a twelve-month period; and

                (3) by the date set by the director for providing written notice of participation pursuant to Subsection F of Section 10-7B-6 NMSA 1978, provides the director written evidence of the following:

                      (a) designation as a nonprofit entity pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

                     (b) at least fifty percent of the entity's annual receipts for the previous three years were derived from the state of New Mexico or from federal or local government funds;".,

and thence referred to the STATE GOVERNMENT, INDIAN AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

                             Respectfully submitted,

Deborah Armstrong, Chair

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

Date

The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against

Yes:      7

No:       0

Excused:  None

Absent:   None

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