0001|                            HOUSE BILL 639
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            RITA G. GETTY
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CORRECTIONS; ENACTING REGULATIONS THAT ALLOW RANDOM
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0012|     DRUG TESTING OF INMATES; REQUIRING CERTAIN INMATES TO
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0013|     PARTICIPATE IN DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAMS; ENACTING A NEW
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0014|     SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  A new section of Chapter 33, Article 2 NMSA
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0018|     1978 is enacted to read:
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0019|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  REGULATIONS--RANDOM DRUG TESTING--
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0020|     REHABILITATION PROGRAM--CONDITION PRECEDENT TO EARNED
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0021|     MERITORIOUS DEDUCTIONS.--
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0022|               A.  The corrections department, by December 31,
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0023|     1997, shall adopt regulations for all adult correctional
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0024|     institutions operated by the department, or by a private
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0025|     company pursuant to a contract with the corrections department,
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0001|     for the implementation of a random drug testing program to
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0002|     detect use of one or more of the controlled substances listed
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0003|     in schedules I through V in the Controlled Substances Act.  The
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0004|     regulations shall:  
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0005|                    (1)  ensure that the laboratories used for
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0006|     testing for controlled substances shall use the best available
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0007|     technology to ensure the complete reliability and accuracy of
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0008|     controlled substances tests;
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0009|                    (2)  include strict procedures governing the
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0010|     chain of custody of specimens collected for controlled
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0011|     substances testing;
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0012|                    (3)  provide that each specimen be subdivided,
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0013|     secured and labeled in the presence of the tested individual
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0014|     and that a portion of the specimen be retained in a secure
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0015|     manner to prevent the possibility of tampering, so that if the
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0016|     inmate's results are positive, the inmate has an opportunity to
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0017|     have the retained part retested by another laboratory within
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0018|     three days after being advised of the results of the first
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0019|     test;
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0020|                    (4)  provide for the confidentiality of test
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0021|     results and medical information, except information about
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0022|     controlled substance abuse; provided, however, that this
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0023|     paragraph shall not be construed to limit the use of the test
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0024|     results for the orderly imposition of sanctions under this
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0025|     section; and
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0001|                    (5)  ensure that inmates are selected for tests
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0002|     by nondiscriminatory and impartial methods, so that no inmate
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0003|     is harassed by being treated differently from other inmates in
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0004|     similar circumstances.
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0005|               B.  The rules and regulation adopted pursuant to
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0006|     Subsection A of this section shall establish requirements for
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0007|     rehabilitation programs that provide for the identification and
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0008|     opportunity for treatment of any inmate who is found to have
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0009|     used a controlled substance in violation of law.  The rules and
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0010|     regulations shall provide that an inmate who is found to have
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0011|     used a controlled substance in violation of law and who refuses
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0012|     to participate in a rehabilitation program pursuant to this
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0013|     subsection shall not be eligible for monetary compensation for
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0014|     work performed or for meritorious deductions as set forth in
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0015|     Section 33-2-34 NMSA 1978.
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0016|               C.  The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
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0017|     Subsection A of this section shall also provide that:
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0018|                    (1)  an inmate who has tested positive for the
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0019|     use of a controlled substance in violation of law shall be
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0020|     retested at least every sixty days for the remainder of the
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0021|     term for which he was sentenced;
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0022|                    (2)  an inmate who retests positive for the use
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0023|     of a controlled substance in violation of law shall forfeit all
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0024|     meritorious deductions earned by that inmate; and
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0025|                    (3)  an inmate who retests positive shall be
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0001|     confined to solitary confinement for a period of not less than
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0002|     twelve months from the date of the retest."
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0003|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0004|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0005|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0006|                      House of Representatives
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0008|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012|                                               February 17, 1997
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0015|   Mr. Speaker:
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0016|   
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0017|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018|   
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0019|                        HOUSE BILL 639
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0020|   
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0021|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0022|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0023|   
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0024|        1.   On page 3, line 8, after the period strike the
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0025|   remainder of the line, and strike lines 9 through 14.  
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0002|        2.   On page 3, line 16, strike the colon, and on line 17,
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0003|   strike "(1)".
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0004|   
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0005|        3.   On page 3, line 19, strike "every sixty days" and
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0006|   insert in lieu thereof "periodically".
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0007|   
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0008|        4.   On page 3, line 20, strike the semicolon and insert in
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0009|   lieu thereof a period and closing quotation marks.
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0010|        
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0011|        5.   On page 3, strike lines 21 through 25 and on page 4,
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0012|   strike all of line 1.,
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0013|   
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0014|   and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0015|   COMMITTEE.
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0017|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0023| <u>                                </u>                             Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0003|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0005|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0007|   The roll call vote was<u> 9 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0008|   Yes:      9
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0009|             Excused:  M.P. Garcia, Larranaga, Rios, Sanchez
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0010|             Absent:   None
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0014|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0639                       State of New Mexico
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0015|                      House of Representatives
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0017|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0018|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0021|                                                   March 4, 1997
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0022|   
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0024|   Mr. Speaker:
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0001|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0002|   whom has been referred
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0003|   
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0004|                  HOUSE BILL 639, as amended
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0005|                               
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0006|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0007|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0008|   
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0009|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0015| <u>                                </u>                             Max Coll, Chairman
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0018|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0020|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0022|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0023|   
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0024|   The roll call vote was <u> 9 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0025|   Yes:      9
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0001|             Excused:  Abeyta, Garcia, M.H., Heaton, Knowles, Marquardt,
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0002|             Picraux, Taylor, J.P., Watchman
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0003|             Absent:   None
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0008|                         FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009|                           FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012|                                                       March 17, 1997
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0014|   Mr. President:
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0015|   
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0016|       Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017|   
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0018|                       HOUSE BILL 639, as amended
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0019|   
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0020|   has had it under consideration and reports same WITHOUT
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0021|   RECOMMENDATION, and thence referred to the JUDICIARY
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0022|   COMMITTEE.
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0023|   
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0024|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0003|                                __________________________________
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0004|                                Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
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0007|   Adopted_______________________   Not Adopted_______________________
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0008|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0011|                     Date ________________________
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0014|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0015|           Yes:    5
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0016|           No:     0
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0017|                Excused:     Garcia, Ingle, Vernon, Rodarte
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0018|           Absent: None
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0001|                         FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0002|                           FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0005|                                                       March 20, 1997
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0006|   
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0007|   Mr. President:
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0008|   
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0009|       Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0010|   
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0011|                       HOUSE BILL 639, as amended
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0012|   
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0013|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0014|   that it DO PASS.
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0016|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0020|                                __________________________________
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0021|                                Fernando R. Macias, Chairman 
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0022|   
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0025|   Adopted_______________________   Not Adopted_______________________
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0001|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0005|                     Date ________________________
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0007|   
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0008|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 1 </u> Against
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0009|           Yes:    5
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0010|           No:     Sanchez
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0011|                Excused:     Tsosie, Vernon
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0012|           Absent: None
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