0001|                        SENATE BILL 773
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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|                      TIMOTHY Z. JENNINGS
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO TOURISM; ABOLISHING THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT;
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0013|     TRANSFERRING DUTIES OF THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT TO THE ECONOMIC
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0014|     DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT; AMENDING, REPEALING AND ENACTING
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0015|     SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|       Section 1.  A new section of the Economic Development
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0019|     Department Act is enacted to read:
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0020|       "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF SECRETARY--PROMOTION OF TOURISM.--In addition to the secretary's
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0021|     responsibility for the overall supervision of the department,
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0022|     the secretary shall provide a coordinated statewide perspective
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0023|     with regard to tourism activities; serve as a comprehensive
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0024|     source of information and assistance to tourism-related
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0025|     businesses wishing to do business in New Mexico; and monitor the
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0001|     progress of state-supported tourism activities and prepare
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0002|     annual reports of the activities, their status and their
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0003|     impact."
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0004|       Section 2.  Section 9-15-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0005|     Chapter 297, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0006|       "9-15-4.  DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED.--There is created in the
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0007|     executive branch the "economic development department".  The
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0008|     department shall be a cabinet department and shall consist of,
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0009|     but not be limited to, <s>[seven]</s> <u>eight</u> divisions as follows:
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0010|            A.  the administrative services division;
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0011|            B.  the economic development division;
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0012|            C.  the New Mexico film division;
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0013|            D.  the technology enterprise division;
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0014|            E.  the trade division; 
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0015|            <u>F.  the tourism division</u>;
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0016|            <s>[F.]</s> <u>G.</u>  the state housing authority; and
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0017|            <s>[G.]</s> <u>H.</u>  the office for space commercialization."
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0018|       Section 3.  Section 9-15-35 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991,
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0019|     Chapter 27, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0020|       "9-15-35.  PROGRAM CREATED--PURPOSES.--
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0021|            A.  The "New Mexico artisans business development
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0022|     program" is created within the economic development <s>[and
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<s></s>0023| <s>    tourism]</s> department to promote, in conjunction with the arts
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0024|     division of the office of cultural affairs, the New Mexico
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0025|     artisans industry by establishing a greater demand for New
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0001|     Mexico artisans' wares and by providing technical and marketing
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0002|     assistance to New Mexico artisans.
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0003|            B.  The purposes of the program shall include but not
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0004|     be limited to the following:
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0005|                 (1)  establishment of a not-for-profit
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0006|     organization to carry out the objectives of the New Mexico
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0007|     artisans business development program;
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0008|                 (2)  educational workshops and seminars in
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0009|     cooperation with the small business development centers for
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0010|     artisans to assist the centers in the development of their
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0011|     businesses and marketing of their wares;
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0012|                 (3)  an assessment of a full range of marketing
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0013|     strategies for artisan wares and relating those wares to target
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0014|     markets;
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0015|                 (4)  production of a promotional brochure of New
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0016|     Mexico artisans and their products;
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0017|                 (5)  development and publishing of a marketing
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0018|     catalog of New Mexico artisans;
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0019|                 (6)  establishment of a network of state and
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0020|     national distribution points and gift and trade shows for the
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0021|     promotion and export of New Mexico artisans' wares;
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0022|                 (7)  development of a state and national
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0023|     marketing and exhibitions calendar;
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0024|                 (8)  participation in state and national
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0025|     promotional shows by New Mexico artisans; and
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0001|                 (9)  development of a marketing network with
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0002|     private-sector distributors, catalog producers and retailers."
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0003|       Section 4.  Section 9-15-36 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991,
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0004|     Chapter 27, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0005|       "9-15-36.  FUND CREATED.--There is created in the state
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0006|     treasury the "New Mexico artisans business development fund". 
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0007|     The fund shall consist of money appropriated to the fund by the
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0008|     legislature and any other revenues directed to the fund, such as
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0009|     gifts, donations and grants.  The fund shall be administered by
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0010|     the economic development <s>[and tourism]</s> department and
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0011|     expenditures may be made from the fund upon vouchers signed by
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0012|     the secretary of economic development <s>[and tourism]</s> and
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0013|     warrants issued by the secretary of finance and administration
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0014|     for the purposes of the New Mexico artisans business development
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0015|     program.  Interest earned on balances in the fund shall be
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0016|     credited to the fund."
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0017|       Section 5.  Section 16-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,
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0018|     Chapter 245, Section 18, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019|       "16-6-5.  STATE FAIR COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVELY ATTACHED
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0020|     TO <s>[TOURISM]</s> <u>ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</u> DEPARTMENT.--The state
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0021|     fair commission is administratively attached, as defined in the
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0022|     Executive Reorganization Act, to the <s>[tourism]</s> <u>economic
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<u></u>0023| <u>    development</u> department."
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0024|       Section 6.  Section 21-2-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
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0025|     Chapter 54, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0001|       "21-2-6.  STATEWIDE PLANNING--PARTICIPATING AGENCIES AND
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0002|     PERSONS.--
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0003|            A.  The state commission in carrying out its planning
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0004|     activities for post-secondary education shall consult with and
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0005|     invite the active participation of:
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0006|                 (1)  representatives of post-secondary
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0007|     educational institutions of the several types enumerated in
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0008|     Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 21-2-2 NMSA 1978;
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0009|                 (2)  the state board of education;
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0010|                 (3)  the state department of public education;
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0011|                 (4)  representatives of public and private
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0012|     elementary and secondary schools;
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0013|                 (5)  the secretary of labor;
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0014|                 <s>[(6)  the tourism department;
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<s></s>0015| <s>                (7)]</s> <u>(6)</u>  the apprenticeship council;
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0016|                 <s>[(8)]</s> <u>(7)</u>  the economic development
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0017|     department;
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0018|                 <s>[(9)]</s> <u>(8)</u>  the state advisory council on
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0019|     vocational education;
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0020|                 <s>[(10)]</s> <u>(9)</u>  the secretary of finance and
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0021|     administration or his designee;
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0022|                 <s>[(11)]</s> <u>(10)</u>  persons familiar with the
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0023|     education needs of the disadvantaged, of the handicapped and of
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0024|     minority groups;
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0025|                 <s>[(12)]</s> <u>(11)</u>  representatives of business,
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0001|     industry, organized labor and agriculture; 
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0002|                 <s>[(13)]</s> <u>(12)</u>  the general public; and
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0003|                 <s>[(14)]</s> <u>(13)</u>  private in-state post-secondary
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0004|     institutions.
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0005|            B.  Whenever the planning activities carried out
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0006|     under the provisions of Section 21-2-5 NMSA 1978 are concerned
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0007|     with the types of post-secondary education enumerated in
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0008|     Subparagraphs (a) through (e) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A
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0009|     of Section 21-2-2 NMSA 1978, the state commission shall directly
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0010|     involve the state board of education and the state department of
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0011|     public education in all planning activities."
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0012|       Section 7.  Section 21-19-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0013|     Chapter 299, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0014|       "21-19-10.  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.--The economic
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0015|     development department shall provide assistance to political
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0016|     subdivisions of the state so that they can construct or
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0017|     implement projects necessary to provide services that will
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0018|     encourage the location of industry in the political
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0019|     subdivisions.  The department shall, for this purpose, make low-interest loans to political subdivisions of the state <s>[with the
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<s></s>0020| <s>    approval of the economic development and tourism commission
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<s></s>0021| <s>    and]</s> after coordination with the local government division of
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0022|     the department of finance and administration pursuant to the New
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0023|     Mexico Community Assistance Act."
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0024|       Section 8.  Section 60-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,
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0025|     Chapter 245, Section 123, as amended) is amended to read:
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0001|       "60-1-2.  STATE RACING COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVELY ATTACHED
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0002|     TO <s>[TOURISM]</s> <u>ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</u> DEPARTMENT.--The state
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0003|     racing commission is administratively attached, as defined in
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0004|     the Executive Reorganization Act, to the <s>[tourism]</s> <u>economic
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<u></u>0005| <u>    development</u> department."
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0006|       Section 9.  Section 73-23-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985 (1st
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0007|     S.S.), Chapter 14, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0008|       "73-23-3.  CREATION OF STATE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY--MEMBERS--COMPENSATION--ORGANIZATION.--
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0009|            A.  There is created the "state transportation
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0010|     authority", a body politic and corporate, subject to the
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0011|     oversight of the legislature, consisting of the following
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0012|     members:
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0013|                 (1)  the secretary of highway and transportation
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0014|     or his designee;
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0015|                 (2)  the secretary of economic development or
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0016|     his designee;
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0017|                 (3)  the commissioner of public lands or his
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0018|     designee;
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0019|                 (4) <s>[the secretary of tourism or his designee;
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<s></s>0020| <s>                (5)]</s>  the secretary of energy, minerals and
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0021|     natural resources or his designee;
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0022|                 <s>[(6)]</s> <u>(5)</u>  the secretary of environment or
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0023|     his designee;
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0024|                 <s>[(7)]</s> <u>(6)</u>  one Native American
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0025|     representative appointed by the governor with the advice and
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0001|     consent of the senate;
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0002|                 <s>[(8)]</s> <u>(7)</u>  two representatives of the
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0003|     transportation and mining industries appointed by the governor
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0004|     with the advice and consent of the senate; and
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0005|                 <s>[(9)]</s> <u>(8)</u>  three representatives of the
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0006|     public at large, at least one of whom shall represent a
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0007|     recognized environmental group, appointed by the governor with
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0008|     the advice and consent of the senate.
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0009|            B.  The members of the state transportation authority
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0010|     appointed by the governor shall serve for five-year terms.  Any
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0011|     vacancy occurring in the governor's appointed membership of the
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0012|     authority shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the
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0013|     unexpired term of the member.  Members serving by virtue of
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0014|     their offices shall serve terms coextensive with their terms in
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0015|     that office, and their successors in office shall automatically
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0016|     succeed them.
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0017|            C.  The members of the state transportation authority
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0018|     shall elect a chairman and a secretary.
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0019|            D.  Actions of the state transportation authority
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0020|     shall be taken only by a majority of the entire membership.
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0021|            E.  The state highway and transportation department,
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0022|     the economic development department, the state land office, the
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0023|     department of environment, <s>[the tourism department]</s> the
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0024|     energy, minerals and natural resources department and other
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0025|     executive departments of the state shall provide adequate staff
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0001|     for the state transportation authority to carry out its duties.
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0002|            F.  The state transportation authority shall meet
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0003|     quarterly and at such other times as the chairman may designate.
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0004|            G.  The attorney general's office shall provide legal
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0005|     advice to the state transportation authority when requested.
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0006|            H.  The appointed members of the state transportation
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0007|     authority shall receive compensation for their services as
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0008|     provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act."
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0009|       Section 10.  TEMPORARY PROVISION.--On July 1, 1996:
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0010|            A.  all personnel, money, appropriations, records,
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0011|     property, equipment and supplies of the tourism department shall
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0012|     be transferred to the economic development department; and
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0013|            B.  all contracts and agreements of the tourism
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0014|     department shall be binding and effective on the economic
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0015|     development department.
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0016|       Section 11.  REPEAL.--Sections 9-15A-1 through 9-15A-9 NMSA
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0017|     1978 (being Laws 1991, Chapter 21, Sections 1 through 7 and Laws
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0018|     1993, Chapter 101, Sections 10 and 11, as amended) are repealed.
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0019|       Section 12.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0020|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0022|   
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0023|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0024|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0002|                                              FEBRUARY 8, 1996
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0004|   Mr. President:
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0006|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0007|   
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0008|                           SENATE BILL 773
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0010|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0011|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the PUBLIC
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0012|   AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0014|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0019|                              __________________________________
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0020|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0024|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0025|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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