0001|                        SENATE BILL 126
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                          ANN J. RILEY
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS; EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE JOINT
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0013|     INTERIM GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE; PROVIDING
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0014|     ADDITIONAL DUTIES FOR THE JOINT INTERIM GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS
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0015|     OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
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0016|     
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|       Section 1.  Section 2-15-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0019|     Chapter 46, Section 46) is amended to read:
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0020|       "2-15-1.  GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
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0021|     CREATED--TERMINATION.--The joint interim "governmental ethics
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0022|     oversight committee" is created.  The committee shall function
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0023|     from the date of its appointment until the first day of December
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0024|     prior to the first session of the <s>[forty-third]</s> <u>forty-fifth</u>
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0025|     legislature."
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0001|       Section 2.  Section 2-15-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0002|     Chapter 46, Section 48) is amended to read:
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0003|       "2-15-3.  POWERS AND DUTIES.--
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0004|            A.  After its appointment, the governmental ethics
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0005|     oversight committee shall hold one organizational meeting to
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0006|     develop a workplan and budget for the ensuing interim.  The 
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0007|     workplan and budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico
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0008|     legislative council for approval.  Upon approval of the 
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0009|     workplan and budget by the New Mexico legislative council, the
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0010|     committee shall:
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0011|                 (1)  examine the statutes, constitutional
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0012|     provisions and regulations governing governmental ethics in New
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0013|     Mexico;
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0014|                 (2)  monitor and oversee the implementation of
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0015|     the legislative directives pertaining to financial disclosure,
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0016|     campaign reporting, lobbyist regulation and governmental conduct
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0017|     and financial disclosure laws;
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0018|                 (3)  review issues related to statewide and
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0019|     legislative campaign expenditure and contribution limitations,
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0020|     public financing of political campaigns <u>and other types of
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<u></u>0021| <u>    campaign finance reform, limitations on campaign periods,
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<u></u>0022| <u>    increased access for participants in the political process,
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<u></u>0023| <u>    ethical issues related to gaming</u>, nepotism, legislative expense
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0024|     reimbursement and extension of campaign reporting requirements
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0025|     to various political subdivisions of the state; and
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0001|                 (4)  make recommendations relating to the
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0002|     adoption of rules and legislation, if any are found to be
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0003|     necessary.
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0004|            B.  The committee shall regularly receive testimony
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0005|     from the secretary of state and the attorney general relating to
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0006|     the implementation of the legislative directives and shall
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0007|     review any proposed rules, regulations or reporting forms prior
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0008|     to adoption."
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