0001| HOUSE BILL 1207
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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| DAVID M. PARSONS
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AMENDING AND REPEALING
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0012| SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978 PERTAINING TO SPACE
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0013| COMMERCIALIZATION; BROADENING THE SCOPE OF SPACE
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0014| COMMERCIALIZATION PROJECTS.
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0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. Section 9-15-43 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0018| Chapter 127, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019| "9-15-43. DEFINITIONS.--As used in [the Spaceport
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Development Act] Sections 9-15-43 through 9-15-47 NMSA 1978:
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0021| A. "commission" means the [spaceport] space
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0022| commission;
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0023| [B. "department" means the economic development
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department;
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C.] B. "director" means the director of the
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0001| [office for] space commercialization division;
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0002| C. "division" means the space commercialization
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0003| division;
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0004| D. "secretary" means the secretary of economic
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0005| development; [and]
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0006| E. "space" means any location beyond altitudes of
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0007| sixty thousand feet above the earth's mean sea level; and
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0008| [E.] F. "spaceport" means an installation and
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0009| related facilities [utilized] used for the launching,
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0010| landing, recovery, servicing and monitoring of vehicles capable
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0011| of entering or returning from space."
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0012| Section 2. Section 9-15-44 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0013| Chapter 127, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0014| "9-15-44. [OFFICE FOR] SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION
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0015| DIVISION CREATED--DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.--
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0016| A. The "[office for] space commercialization
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0017| division" is created as a division in the economic
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0018| development department.
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0019| B. The duties of the [office for space
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commercialization] division shall be discharged by a
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0021| director, who shall be hired by the secretary.
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0022| C. The director shall:
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0023| (1) employ such other staff as is necessary to
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0024| carry out the work of the [office for space
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commercialization] division and the commission and the
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0001| purposes of [the Spaceport Development Act] Sections 9-15-43
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0002| through 9-15-47 NMSA 1978;
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0003| (2) discharge the responsibilities of the
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0004| [office for space commercialization] division in accordance
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0005| with the policies established and approved by the secretary;
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0006| (3) administer federally funded grants for the
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0007| purpose of determining the feasibility of developing and
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0008| operating a regional spaceport and other space
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0009| development-related activities in the state;
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0010| (4) manage all aspects of the spaceport
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0011| program;
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0012| (5) coordinate the promotion and marketing of
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0013| space-related resources of New Mexico and a regional spaceport;
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0014| (6) serve as the interface between New Mexico
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0015| and national and international users of the regional spaceport;
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0016| (7) schedule user mission support with other
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0017| elements of the regional spaceport;
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0018| (8) develop a comprehensive inventory of New
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0019| Mexico's space-related assets;
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0020| (9) cooperate with the commission in
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0021| performing tasks necessary to establish the criteria for
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0022| overflight; and
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0023| (10) support the commission in executing the
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0024| tasks approved by the secretary."
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0025| Section 3. Section 9-15-45 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0001| Chapter 127, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0002| "9-15-45. COMMISSION CREATED--MEMBERSHIP.--
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0003| A. The "[spaceport] space commission" is
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0004| created. The commission is administratively attached to the
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0005| department.
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0006| B. The commission is composed of up to eleven
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0007| voting members. Three members shall be ex officio and [four]
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0008| all others shall be appointed by the governor. The ex-
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0009| officio members are the secretary, the [secretary of finance
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and administration] governor's science adviser and the
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0011| lieutenant governor. In selecting the appointed members of the
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0012| commission, the governor shall appoint at least three members
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0013| knowledgeable of [the] government and commercial space
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0014| [industry] activities. One member shall be a resident of
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0015| Sierra county, one member shall be a representative of a
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0016| federal space development project in the state and one member
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0017| shall be a representative of one of the state's national
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0018| laboratories.
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0019| C. Appointed members of the commission shall serve
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0020| for terms of three years; provided, when making his initial
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0021| appointments, the governor shall appoint one member to a term
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0022| of one year, two members to terms of two years and [three]
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0023| two members to terms of three years.
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0024| D. The governor shall appoint a chairman of the
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0025| commission from among the appointed members. Other necessary
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0001| officers shall be elected by the commission from among its
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0002| membership.
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0003| E. Commission members shall meet at the call of the
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0004| chairman, not less than four times a year. Meetings shall be
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0005| conducted in different geographic locations in the state on an
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0006| alternating basis.
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0007| F. Members of the commission appointed by the
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0008| governor [of the state of New Mexico] shall be reimbursed for
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0009| per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act,
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0010| but shall not receive any other compensation, perquisite or
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0011| allowance."
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0012| Section 4. Section 9-15-46 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0013| Chapter 127, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0014| "9-15-46. COMMISSION--POWERS--DUTIES.--The commission
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0015| shall:
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0016| A. in cooperation with the [office for space
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commercialization] division, promote [spaceport] the
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0018| development of a spaceport and [space-related] other space
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0019| development-related activities in the state;
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0020| B. advise the secretary on methods for soliciting
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0021| and accepting, on behalf of the state, federal, state, local
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0022| and private funds for the purpose of developing, constructing,
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0023| maintaining and operating a regional spaceport and other space
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0024| development-related projects;
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0025| C. act in an advisory capacity to the secretary on
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0001| matters that pertain to the development and operation of [the
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regional spaceport] space development-related projects;
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0003| D. advise the secretary on methods for providing
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0004| for the development, construction and acceptance of a regional
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0005| spaceport; and
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0006| E. report annually to the governor and the
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0007| legislature on the status of the [regional spaceport and other
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space-related] space development-related activities and
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0009| projects undertaken by the commission."
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0010| Section 5. REPEAL.--Section 9-15-42 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
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0011| 1994, Chapter 127, Section 1) is repealed.
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0012| State of New Mexico
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0013| House of Representatives
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0015| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0016| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0019| March 6, 1997
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0022| Mr. Speaker:
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0024| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0025| has been referred
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0002| HOUSE BILL 1207
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0004| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0005| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0006| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0008| Respectfully submitted,
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0014| Fred Luna, Chairman
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0017| Adopted Not Adopted
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0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0021| Date
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0023| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0024| Yes: 9
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0025| Excused: Getty, Gubbels, Kissner, Varela
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0001| Absent: None
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0005| House of Representatives
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0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011| March 8, 1997
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0014| Mr. Speaker:
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0016| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0017| whom has been referred
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0019| HOUSE BILL 1207
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0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0022| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0024| Respectfully submitted,
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0005| Max Coll, Chairman
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0008| Adopted Not Adopted
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0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0012| Date
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0014| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against
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0015| Yes: 10
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0016| Excused: Bird, Buffett, Coll, Marquardt, Pearce, Picraux,
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0017| Salazar
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0018| Absent: None
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0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0002| March 14, 1997
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0004| Mr. President:
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0006| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0007| whom has been referred
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0008|
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0009| HOUSE BILL 1207
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0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0012| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0019| __________________________________
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0020| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0024| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0025| Adopted_______________________
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0001| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date ________________________
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0008| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0009| Yes: 7
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0010| No: 0
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0011| Excused: Fidel, Griego, Robinson
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0012| Absent: None
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