0001| HOUSE BILL 864
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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| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL
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0008| FOR THE ELECTION CODE RECODIFICATION COMMITTEE
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO ELECTIONS; REQUIRING ADJUSTMENT OF PRECINCT
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0012| BOUNDARY LINES IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING FEDERAL
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0013| DECENNIAL CENSUS; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE ELECTION CODE.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 1-3-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984 (1st
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0017| S.S.), Chapter 3, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "1-3-12. ADJUSTING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES.--
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0019| A. Before each federal decennial census, every
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0020| precinct boundary shall be adjusted to coincide with a
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0021| numbered or named street or road or with a visible terrain
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0022| feature that is:
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0023| (1) shown on the standard base maps developed
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0024| pursuant to Subsection B of this section;
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0025| (2) a designated census block boundary on
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0001| the federal PL 94-171 2000 census block maps; or
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0002| (3) approved by the secretary of state and the
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0003| bureau of the census.
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0004| B. Prior to commencement of the federal decennial
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0005| census, [(1)] the secretary of state shall have prepared and
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0006| furnish to each county clerk standard base maps of the county.
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0007| The standard base map for nonurban areas of the county shall,
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0008| as nearly as practical, show:
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0009| [(a)] (1) all state and federal highways;
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0010| [(b)] (2) all numbered and named county
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0011| roads that have been certified to the state highway and
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0012| transportation department;
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0013| [(c)] (3) all military installation
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0014| boundaries and federal and state prison boundaries;
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0015| [(d)] (4) all major railroad lines; and
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0016| [(e)] (5) other major terrain features
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0017| such as flowing rivers and streams, arroyos, powerlines,
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0018| pipelines and ridgelines and other acceptable census block
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0019| boundaries [and].
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0020| [(2)] C. The board of county commissioners and
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0021| the county clerks, upon receipt of the standard base maps from
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0022| the secretary of state, shall:
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0023| [(a)] (1) adjust all urban precinct
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0024| boundaries to coincide with numbered or named street
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0025| boundaries;
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0001| [(b)] (2) adjust all nonurban precinct
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0002| boundaries to coincide with suitable visible terrain features
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0003| shown on the standard base map; provided that in order to make
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0004| [such] an adjustment, two or more existing precincts may be
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0005| consolidated without consolidating existing polling places; and
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0006| provided further that [such] the precincts shall be
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0007| composed of contiguous and compact areas, and state, county and
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0008| municipal boundary lines may serve as precinct boundaries; and
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0009| [(c)] (3) upon the completion of the
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0010| precinct boundary adjustments as required in this section,
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0011| indicate on the standard base maps the boundaries for both
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0012| urban and nonurban precincts and, together with a written
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0013| description of the precincts, shall send four copies of the
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0014| precinct maps to the secretary of state for approval.
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0015| [C.] D. The precincts shown upon the standard
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0016| base maps submitted pursuant to the provisions of [Subsection
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B of] this section and as revised and approved by the
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0018| secretary of state pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment
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0019| Act shall become the official precincts of each county for the
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0020| 2001 redistricting of legislative, congressional and state
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0021| board of education districts. For the 2002 and subsequent
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0022| primary and general elections, changes in precincts shall be
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0023| made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1, Article 3
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0024| NMSA 1978."
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0025| Section 2. Section 1-3-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0001| Chapter 223, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0002| "1-3-13. SECRETARY OF STATE POWERS AND DUTIES.--
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0003| A. The secretary of state shall review all county
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0004| precinct maps submitted pursuant to Section 1-3-12 NMSA 1978
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0005| for compliance with the provisions of the Precinct Boundary
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0006| Adjustment Act. Those county precinct maps determined not to
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0007| be in compliance with the precinct boundary criteria set forth
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0008| in Subsection A of Section 1-13-12 NMSA 1978 shall be rejected
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0009| and returned to the appropriate county clerk with a written
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0010| statement [of noncompliance] setting forth those instances
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0011| where the map [is in default] does not comply. The county
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0012| clerk and the board of county commissioners shall make the
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0013| required adjustments and resubmit one copy of the corrected
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0014| county precinct map within thirty days after receiving notice
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0015| of noncompliance.
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0016| B. Prior to January 1, [1992] 2002, if any
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0017| precinct boundary adjustments are necessary to meet the legal
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0018| and constitutional requirements of legislative reapportionment,
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0019| the secretary of state shall notify any county of those
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0020| boundary adjustments that are necessary in that county. Upon
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0021| review and certification of the adjusted precinct boundaries,
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0022| the county shall submit the certified precinct changes to the
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0023| secretary of state for final approval of the precincts for the
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0024| [1992] 2002 primary and general elections."
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0001| .113376.1 State of New Mexico
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0002| House of Representatives
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0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008| February 20, 1997
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0011| Mr. Speaker:
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0013| Your VOTERS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, to whom has
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0014| been referred
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0016| HOUSE BILL 864
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0017|
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0018| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0019| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0020| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0021|
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0022| Respectfully submitted,
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0003| Edward C. Sandoval, Chairman
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0006| Adopted Not Adopted
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0008| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0010| Date
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0012| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0013| Yes: 9
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0014| Excused: Nicely, Sanchez, Sandoval
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0015| Absent: None
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0018| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0864 State of New Mexico
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0019| House of Representatives
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0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025| March 4, 1997
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0003| Mr. Speaker:
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0005| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0006| whom has been referred
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0008| HOUSE BILL 864
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0009|
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0010| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0013| 1. On page 3, line 18, after "redistricting" strike
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0014| the remainder of the line and strike line 19 up to the period.
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0016| Respectfully submitted,
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0021|
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0022| Max Coll, Chairman
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0025| Adopted Not Adopted
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0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0004| Date
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0006| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0007| Yes: 9
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0008| Excused: Coll, Heaton, Knowles, Marquardt, Picraux, Taylor, JP,
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0009| Varela, Watchman
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0010| Absent: None
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0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0020| March 15, 1997
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0021|
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0022| Mr. President:
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0023|
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0024| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0001| HOUSE BILL 864, as amended
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0002|
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0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0005| PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0006|
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0007| Respectfully submitted,
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0012| __________________________________
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0013| Gloria Howes, Chairman
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0017| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0018| Adopted_______________________
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0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0022| Date ________________________
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0025| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0001| Yes: 6
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0002| No: 0
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0003| Excused: Aragon, Rodarte
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0004| Absent: None
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0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0015| March 18, 1997
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0017| Mr. President:
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0019| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0020| referred
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0021|
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0022| HOUSE BILL 864, as amended
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0023|
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0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0002| Respectfully submitted,
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0007| __________________________________
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0008| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0012| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0013| Adopted_______________________
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0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0017| Date ________________________
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0020| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0021| Yes: 5
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0022| No: 0
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0023| Excused: Boitano, Feldman, Vernon, Rodarte
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0024| Absent: None
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