0001| HOUSE BILL 420 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| TED HOBBS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED; | 0012| PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF REGENTS. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 21-5-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1903, | 0016| Chapter 2, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "21-5-2. MANAGEMENT OF [STATE INSTITUTIONS] NEW MEXICO | 0018| SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED--CORPORATE POWERS.-- | 0019| A. The management and control of the New Mexico | 0020| school for the visually handicapped, the care and preservation | 0021| of all property of which it shall become possessed, the | 0022| erection and construction of all buildings necessary for its | 0023| use and the disbursement and expenditure of all [moneys] | 0024| money appropriated by the state of New Mexico or [which] | 0025| that shall otherwise come into [its] the school's | 0001| possession shall be vested in a board of five [trustees. The | 0002| incumbent trustees shall remain in office for the remainder of | 0003| their present terms. Said Trustees shall possess the same | 0004| qualifications, shall be appointed in the same manner, and | 0005| their terms of office shall be the same and the vacancies | 0006| therein shall be filled in the same manner, as is provided with | 0007| reference to the regents of the university of New Mexico. Said | 0008| trustees] regents, at least one of whom shall be visually | 0009| handicapped, at least one other of whom shall be the parent of | 0010| a visually handicapped child and at least two others of whom | 0011| shall be the spouse, brother, sister, daughter or son of a | 0012| visually handicapped person. No more than one regent shall | 0013| reside in Otero county. | 0014| B. The regents and their successors in office | 0015| shall constitute a body corporate under the name and style of | 0016| "the [trustees] board of regents of the New Mexico school | 0017| for the visually handicapped". [with] The board has the | 0018| right as such of suing and being sued, of contracting and being | 0019| contracted with, of making and using a common seal and altering | 0020| the same at pleasure and of causing all things to be done | 0021| necessary to carry out the provisions of [this] Chapter 21, | 0022| Article 5 NMSA 1978. A majority of the board shall | 0023| constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a | 0024| [less] smaller number may adjourn from time to time. The | 0025| officers of the board shall be elected in the same manner and | 0001| possess the same qualifications as the officers of the board | 0002| of regents of the university of New Mexico [now possess. The | 0003| board shall require corporate surety bonds, in a reasonable | 0004| amount set by the board, of all officers and employees who have | 0005| custody of or handle funds of the institutions conditioned on | 0006| the faithful performance of their duties. The governor shall | 0007| be ex officio a member of the board but shall not have the | 0008| right to vote or be eligible to office]." | 0009|  | 0010| State of New Mexico | 0011| House of Representatives | 0012| | 0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| February 17, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| Mr. Speaker: | 0020| | 0021| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE BILL 420 | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0002| | 0003| 1. On page 2, line 9, strike "two others" and insert in | 0004| lieu thereof "one other". | 0005| | 0006| 2. On page 2, lines 11 and 12, strike "No more than one | 0007| regent shall reside in Otero county."., | 0008| | 0009| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0010| COMMITTEE. | 0011| | 0012| The roll call vote on Amendment #1 was 9 For 1 Against | 0013| Yes: 9 | 0014| No: Wright | 0015| Excused: Nicely, Weeks, S. M. Williams | 0016| Absent: None | 0017| | 0018| Respectfully submitted, | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Adopted Not Adopted | 0003| | 0004| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0005| | 0006| Date | 0007| | 0008| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0009| Yes: 10 | 0010| Excused: Nicely, Weeks, S.M. Williams | 0011| Absent: None | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| .116648.2 | 0015| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0420 | 0016| State of New Mexico | 0017| House of Representatives | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| March 4, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Mr. Speaker: | 0002| | 0003| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0004| whom has been referred | 0005| | 0006| HOUSE BILL 420, as amended | 0007| | 0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0009| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0010| | 0011| 1. Strike House Education Committee Amendments 1 and 2. | 0012| | 0013| 2. On page 2, line 8, after "handicapped" strike the comma | 0014| and insert in lieu thereof "and". | 0015| | 0016| 3. On page 2, line 9, after "child" insert a period. | 0017| | 0018| 4. On page 2, line 9, after the period strike the remainder | 0019| of the line and strike lines 10 through 12 in their entirety. | 0020| | 0021| Respectfully submitted, | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Max Coll, Chairman | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Adopted Not Adopted | 0006| | 0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0008| | 0009| Date | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0012| Yes: 9 | 0013| Excused: Coll, Heaton, Knowles, Marquardt, Picraux, Taylor, JP, | 0014| Varela, Watchman | 0015| Absent: None | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| .118069.1 | 0019| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0420 | 0020| | 0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0022| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| March 15, 1997 | 0001| | 0002| Mr. President: | 0003| | 0004| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0005| | 0006| HOUSE BILL 420, as amended | 0007| | 0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0009| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0010| PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. | 0011| | 0012| Respectfully submitted, | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| __________________________________ | 0018| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0023| Adopted_______________________ | 0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Date ________________________ | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0006| Yes: 6 | 0007| No: 0 | 0008| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham, Rodriguez | 0009| Absent: None | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| H0420ED1 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| March 21, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| Mr. President: | 0023| | 0024| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0025| referred | 0001| | 0002| HOUSE BILL 420, as amended | 0003| | 0004| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0005| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0006| | 0007| Respectfully submitted, | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| __________________________________ | 0013| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0018| Adopted_______________________ | 0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Date ________________________ | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 5 | 0002| No: 0 | 0003| Excused: Adair, Boitano, Ingle, Smith | 0004| Absent: None | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| H0420PA1 |