0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 51
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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|                          GLORIA HOWES
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THAT THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE PERFORM AN
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0013|     INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENT HIRING PRACTICES.
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0014|     
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0015|       WHEREAS, it is important that the hiring practices of state
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0016|     government be fair and efficient; and
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0017|       WHEREAS, it is reported that applications for state
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0018|     employment are frequently lost; and
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0019|       WHEREAS, critical positions have, apparently, been unfilled
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0020|     for six months or longer due to delays in the state personnel
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0021|     office; and
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0022|       WHEREAS, it is reported that hiring procedures are often
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0023|     mired in bureaucratic red tape that results in unnecessary and
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0024|     inefficient administrative work for agencies; and
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0025|       WHEREAS, it is reported that communications frequently
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0001|     break down between state agencies and the state personnel
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0002|     office; and
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0003|       WHEREAS, it is reported that crucial services to the public
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0004|     in the areas of health care, fire protection and law enforcement
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0005|     have been affected by inefficient and shoddy hiring procedures;
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0006|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0007|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative finance committee be
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0008|     requested to conduct an independent assessment of state hiring
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0009|     procedures and make recommendations to the legislature for
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0010|     improvements by December 1, 1996; and
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0011|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0012|     transmitted to the chairman and the director of the legislative
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0013|     finance committee.
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