0001|                   SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 100
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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|                         TOM RUTHERFORD
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE CHILD
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0013|     SUPPORT PAYMENTS THAT ARE OWED TO RECIPIENTS OF AID TO FAMILIES
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0014|     WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN BEFORE TIME LIMITS ARE IMPOSED ON
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0015|     RECIPIENTS' RECEIVING PROGRAM BENEFITS.
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0016|     
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0017|       WHEREAS, there are approximately seventy-five thousand
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0018|     cases pending at the human services department of individuals
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0019|     who owe child support payments; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, over ninety percent of recipients of aid to
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0021|     families with dependent children are not receiving child support
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0022|     payments; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, time limits imposed on recipients' receiving aid
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0024|     to families with dependent children benefits will not lead to
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0025|     self-sufficiency; and
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0001|       WHEREAS, time limits imposed on recipients' receiving aid
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0002|     to families with dependent children benefits will only harm the
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0003|     children of these recipients; and
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0004|       WHEREAS, payment of child support to recipients of aid to
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0005|     families with dependent children who are entitled to receive
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0006|     those payments may assist recipients in leaving the public
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0007|     assistance program; and 
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0008|       WHEREAS, enforcement of child support payments by the human
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0009|     services department for recipients of aid to families with
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0010|     dependent children is one way to assist these recipients in
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0011|     leaving the public assistance program;
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0012|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0013|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the human services department be
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0014|     requested to enforce child support payments that are owed to
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0015|     recipients of aid to families with dependent children before
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0016|     time limits are imposed on recipients' receiving program
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0017|     benefits; and
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0018|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be sent
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0019|     to the secretary of human services.
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