0001|                       SENATE MEMORIAL 7
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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|                       LEONARD LEE RAWSON
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0008|     
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0010|     
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0011|                           A MEMORIAL
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0012|     SEEKING TO INVITE THE BASS ANGLERS SPORTSMAN SOCIETY TO CONDUCT
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0013|     A BASSMASTER INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT AT ELEPHANT BUTTE
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0014|     RESERVOIR.
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0015|     
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0016|       WHEREAS, Elephant Butte reservoir in Sierra county is
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0017|     widely known as an excellent bass fishery; and
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0018|       WHEREAS, New Mexico bass fishing clubs regularly hold
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0019|     successful catch-and-release bass fishing tournaments at
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0020|     Elephant Butte reservoir; and
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0021|       WHEREAS, the New Mexico bass federation is affiliated with
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0022|     the bass anglers sportsman society (B.A.S.S.), the world's
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0023|     largest fishing organization; and
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0024|       WHEREAS, the bass anglers sportsman society is interested
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0025|     in expanding their bassmaster invitational tournament trail
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0001|     schedule to include a western division; and
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0002|       WHEREAS, B.A.S.S. gains recognition for the sport of bass
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0003|     fishing, fosters a respect for the resource and has become one
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0004|     of the nation's leading publishers and multimedia companies in
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0005|     the outdoor field in that its magazine reaches six million
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0006|     readers and its television program reaches forty-three million
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0007|     households each year; and
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0008|       WHEREAS, bassmaster invitational tournaments benefit host
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0009|     communities by enhancing tourism, creating press and television
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0010|     site exposure, providing immediate positive economic impacts in
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0011|     excess of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) and
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0012|     promoting ongoing goodwill; and
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0013|       WHEREAS, the New Mexico bass federation, the communities of
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0014|     Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte Dam and Williamsburg, the
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0015|     county of Sierra and the state would stand to gain in many ways
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0016|     by hosting an annual bassmasters invitational tournament at
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0017|     Elephant Butte reservoir;
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0018|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0019|     OF NEW MEXICO that the state, Sierra county and the communities
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0020|     of Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte Dam and Williamsburg be
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0021|     encouraged to invite B.A.S.S. to consider including Elephant
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0022|     Butte reservoir on their western division invitational
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0023|     tournament trail; and
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0024|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these parties be encouraged to
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0025|     work together to seek to sponsor a bassmaster invitational
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0001|     tournament at Elephant Butte reservoir in the spring of 1998 and
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0002|     each year thereafter; and
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0003|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0004|     transmitted to the governor; the secretary of energy, minerals
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0005|     and natural resources; the state game commission; the Sierra
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0006|     county commission; the mayor of Truth or Consequences; the New
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0007|     Mexico bass federation and the bass anglers sportsman society.
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0008|                                    
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0009|   
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0010|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0011|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0012|   
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0013|   
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0014|                                              February 6, 1996
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0015|   
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0016|   Mr. President:
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0017|   
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0018|     Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0019|   
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0020|                       SENATE MEMORIAL 7
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0021|   
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0022|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0023|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0024|   
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0025|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0004|                              __________________________________
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0005|                              Gloria Howes, Chairman 
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0009|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0010|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0014|                     Date ________________________
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0016|   
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0017|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0018|   Yes:  5
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0019|   No:        0
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0020|   Excused:   EJennings, Aragon, Rutherford
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0021|   Absent:    0
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