0001| SENATE BILL 519 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| ELIZABETH T. STEFANICS | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PROVIDING A MORATORIUM ON | 0013| REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS AND SERVICES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. MORATORIUM ON REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS OR | 0017| SERVICES IN CERTAIN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.--In any program | 0018| of assistance or services administered by the human services | 0019| department in which the budgeted expenditures for the program | 0020| include amounts from general fund appropriations, the department | 0021| shall not, during the period from the effective date of this | 0022| section until October 1, 1997, reduce the level of assistance or | 0023| services from the level existing on January 1, 1996, by: | 0024| A. changing eligibility requirements to raise the | 0025| threshold of eligibility for an individual or family to receive | 0001| assistance or services; or | 0002| B. decreasing the amount of assistance or services | 0003| that an individual or family may receive by changing standards | 0004| of need, method of payment or reimbursement or similar changes. Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0005| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0006| - 2 - | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0009| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| JANUARY 30, 1996 | 0013| | 0014| Mr. President: | 0015| | 0016| Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0017| | 0018| SENATE BILL 519 | 0019| | 0020| has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT | 0021| TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the FINANCE | 0022| COMMITTEE. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| __________________________________ | 0005| SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Date ________________________ | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| S0519CC1 | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0020| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| February 8, 1996 | 0024| | 0025| Mr. President: | 0001| | 0002| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0003| | 0004| SENATE BILL 519 | 0005| | 0006| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that | 0007| it DO PASS. | 0008| | 0009| Respectfully submitted, | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| __________________________________ | 0014| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Date ________________________ | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0002| Yes: 9 | 0003| No: 0 | 0004| Excused: Fidel, Donisthorpe, Macias, Nava | 0005| Absent: None | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| S0519FC1 | 0009| State of New Mexico | 0010| House of Representatives | 0011| | 0012| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0013| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| February 12, 1996 | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Mr. Speaker: | 0020| | 0021| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0022| been referred | 0023| | 0024| SENATE BILL 519 | 0025| | 0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0002| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0003| | 0004| Respectfully submitted, | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Max Coll, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted Not Adopted | 0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0014| | 0015| Date | 0016| | 0017| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0018| Yes: 10 | 0019| Excused: Abeyta, Buffett, Coll, Knowles, Light, Picraux, Reyes, | 0020| Varela | 0021| Absent: None | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| S0519AF1 |