0001| SENATE BILL 501
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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| CYNTHIA NAVA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED;
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0012| PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF REGENTS.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 21-5-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1903,
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0016| Chapter 2, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017| "21-5-2. MANAGEMENT OF [STATE INSTITUTIONS] NEW MEXICO
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0018| SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED--CORPORATE POWERS.--
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0019| A. The management and control of the New Mexico
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0020| school for the visually handicapped, the care and preservation
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0021| of all property of which it shall become possessed, the
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0022| erection and construction of all buildings necessary for its
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0023| use and the disbursement and expenditure of all [moneys]
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0024| money appropriated by the state of New Mexico or [which]
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0025| that shall otherwise come into [its] the school's
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0001| possession shall be vested in a board of five [trustees. The
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incumbent trustees shall remain in office for the remainder of
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their present terms. Said Trustees shall possess the same
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qualifications, shall be appointed in the same manner, and
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their terms of office shall be the same and the vacancies
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therein shall be filled in the same manner, as is provided with
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reference to the regents of the university of New Mexico. Said
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trustees] regents, at least one of whom shall be visually
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0009| handicapped, at least one other of whom shall be the parent of
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0010| a visually handicapped child and at least two others of whom
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0011| shall be the spouse, brother, sister, daughter or son of a
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0012| visually handicapped person. No more than one regent shall
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0013| reside in Otero county.
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0014| B. The regents and their successors in office
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0015| shall constitute a body corporate under the name and style of
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0016| "the [trustees] board of regents of the New Mexico school
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0017| for the visually handicapped". [with] The board has the
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0018| right as such of suing and being sued, of contracting and being
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0019| contracted with, of making and using a common seal and altering
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0020| the same at pleasure and of causing all things to be done
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0021| necessary to carry out the provisions of [this] Chapter 21,
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0022| Article 5 NMSA 1978. A majority of the board shall
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0023| constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a
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0024| [less] smaller number may adjourn from time to time. The
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0025| officers of the board shall be elected in the same manner and
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0001| possess the same qualifications as the officers of the board
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0002| of regents of the university of New Mexico [now possess. The
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board shall require corporate surety bonds, in a reasonable
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amount set by the board, of all officers and employees who have
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custody of or handle funds of the institutions conditioned on
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the faithful performance of their duties. The governor shall
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be ex officio a member of the board but shall not have the
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right to vote or be eligible to office]."
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0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0013| SB 501/a
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0015| February 25, 1997
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0017| Mr. President:
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0019| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0021| SENATE BILL 501
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0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0024| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0001| 1. On page 2, line 9, strike "two others" and insert "one
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0002| other".
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0004| 2. On page 2, lines 11 after "person" insert ", reflective
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0005| of statewide representation" and strike the rest of the line and
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0006| strike line 12.
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0008| The roll call vote on the amendment was 7 For and 0 Against.
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0010| Yes: 7
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0011| No: 0
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0012| Excused: Aragon
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0013| Absent: None
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0015| and thence referred to the PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0017| Respectfully submitted,
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0023| Gloria Howes, Chairman
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0016| Date ________________________
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0019| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0020| Yes: 7
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0021| No: 0
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0022| Excused: Aragon
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0023| Absent: None
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0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997 SB 501/a
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0010| March 14, 1997
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0012| Mr. President:
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0014| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0015| referred
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0017| SENATE BILL 501, as amended
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0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0022| 1. Strike Senate Rules Committee Amendments 1 and 2.
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0024| 2. On page 2, line 8, after "handicapped" insert "and".
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0001| 3. On page 2, lines 9 through 11, strike "and at least two
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0002| others of whom shall be the spouse, brother, sister, daughter or
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0003| son of a visually handicapped person".
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0005| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0021| Date ________________________
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0024| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0025| Yes: 6
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0001| No: 0
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0002| Excused: Garcia, Smith, Ingle
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0003| Absent: None
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0007| State of New Mexico
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0008| House of Representatives
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0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0014| March 19, 1997
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0017| Mr. Speaker:
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0019| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0021| SENATE BILL 501, as amended
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0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0024| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0001| 1. On page 2, lines 11 and 12, strike "No more than one
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0002| regent shall reside in Otero county.".
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0004| Respectfully submitted,
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0009| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0012| Adopted Not Adopted
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0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0016| Date
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0018| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0019| Yes: 8
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0020| Excused: Beam, Mallory, Miera, Nicely, S.M. Williams
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0021| Absent: None
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