0001| SENATE BILL 28 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| PHILLIP J. MALOOF | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| CREATING A JOINT INTERIM LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC REGULATION | 0012| COMMITTEE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMITTEE CREATED-- | 0016| TERMINATION.--There is created a joint interim legislative | 0017| committee which shall be known as the "public regulation | 0018| committee". The committee shall function from the date of its | 0019| appointment until the first day of December prior to the first | 0020| session of the forty-fourth legislature. | 0021| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.-- | 0022| A. The public regulation committee shall be | 0023| composed of ten members. Five members of the house of | 0024| representatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the house | 0025| of representatives, and five members of the senate shall be | 0001| appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if the | 0002| senate appointments are made in the interim, by the president | 0003| pro tempore of the senate after consultation with and agreement | 0004| of a majority of the members of the committees' committee. | 0005| B. Members shall be appointed from each house so as | 0006| to give the two major political parties in each house the same | 0007| proportional representation on the committee as prevails in | 0008| each house; however, in no event shall either party have less | 0009| than one member from each house on the committee. Vacancies on | 0010| the committee shall be filled by appointment in the same manner | 0011| as the original appointments. The chairman and vice chairman | 0012| of the committee shall be appointed by the speaker of the house | 0013| of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate. | 0014| C. No action shall be taken by the committee if a | 0015| majority of the total membership from either house on the | 0016| committee rejects such action. | 0017| Section 3. DUTIES.--After its appointment, the public | 0018| regulation committee shall hold one organizational meeting to | 0019| develop a work plan and budget for the ensuing interim. The | 0020| work plan and budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico | 0021| legislative council for approval. Upon approval of the work | 0022| plan and budget by the legislative council, the committee shall | 0023| examine the statutes, constitutional provisions, regulations | 0024| and court decisions governing public utilities, corporations, | 0025| transportation companies, transmission and pipeline companies, | 0001| insurance companies and other matters related to the | 0002| establishment and authority of the new public regulation | 0003| commission and recommend legislation or changes if any are | 0004| found to be necessary to the second session of the forty-third | 0005| legislature and the first session of the forty-fourth | 0006| legislature. | 0007| Section 4. SUBCOMMITTEES.--Subcommittees shall be created | 0008| only by majority vote of all members appointed to the public | 0009| regulation committee and with the prior approval of the New | 0010| Mexico legislative council. A subcommittee shall be composed | 0011| of at least one member from the senate and one member from the | 0012| house of representatives, and at least one member of the | 0013| minority party shall be a member of the subcommittee. All | 0014| meetings and expenditures of a subcommittee shall be approved | 0015| by the full committee in advance of such meeting or | 0016| expenditure, and the approval shall be shown in the minutes of | 0017| the committee. | 0018| Section 5. REPORT.--The public regulation committee shall | 0019| make an annual report of its findings and recommendations for | 0020| the consideration of the legislature. The report and suggested | 0021| legislation shall be made available to the New Mexico | 0022| legislative council on or before December 15 preceding each | 0023| session. | 0024| Section 6. STAFF.--The staff for the public regulation | 0025| committee shall be provided by the legislative council service. | 0001| Section 7. APPROPRIATION.--For the purpose of paying the | 0002| salaries and expenses of the technical, legal, clerical and | 0003| stenographic assistants, for necessary equipment and supplies | 0004| used in carrying out the provisions of this act and for | 0005| reimbursing the per diem and mileage expenses of the public | 0006| regulation committee, there is appropriated to the legislative | 0007| council service from the general fund the sum of one hundred | 0008| thousand dollars ($100,000). All or any part of this | 0009| appropriation may be expended in fiscal years 1997 through | 0010| 1999, and any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at | 0011| the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund. | 0012| Payments from the appropriation shall be made upon vouchers | 0013| signed by the director of the legislative council service or | 0014| his authorized representative. | 0015| Section 8. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0016| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0017|  | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| February 18, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| Mr. President: | 0001| | 0002| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to | 0003| whom has been referred | 0004| | 0005| SENATE BILL 28 | 0006| | 0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0008| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0009| PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| __________________________________ | 0017| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0022| Adopted_______________________ | 0023| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Date ________________________ | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0005| Yes: 7 | 0006| No: 0 | 0007| Excused: Fidel, Griego, Robinson | 0008| Absent: None | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| S0028CT1 | 0012| |